From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Mar 24 2003 - 13:15:20 GMT
Steve:
> Platt, DMB, Sam, all,
>
> The three of you have recently mentioned the influence that Ayn Rand has
> had on your thinking. Yet you all seem to favor Pirsig's MOQ over Ayn
> Rand's Objectivism. I recently asked why and got no responses, so I'll try
> again.
> Ayn Rand's politics seem consistent with Platt's, so I wonder where he and
> Ayn Rand part company.
No philosopher IMO has analyzed and traced the implications of
intellectual level premises better than Rand. As Pirsig pointed out, the
intellectual level demands individual freedom, a conclusion which Rand
fleshes out in full. Where Rand fails is her lack of understanding of the
role of the social level in blocking biological forces. Nor does she take
into account, or account for, man's intuitive understandings.
Metaphysically, the MOQ has more explanatory power than Rand's
Objectivism.
Platt
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