From: Steve Peterson (peterson.steve@verizon.net)
Date: Fri Dec 05 2003 - 14:57:16 GMT
Hi David M,
You said:
> Making a value based decision is not
> about applying a formula: this level is higher than that therefore do A not B.
> For example do we feed 20 poeple
> or feed one and let 19 starve and send that one to
> university? Option 2 has higher intellectual value.
> But whilst we might be aware of the level of intellect
> above social/biological we have to weigh 20 social goods against one
> intellectual good. We might think it good for 2 parents to
> miss a few dinners to send their child to school. But the levels
> may help to clarify your options. Would you agree?
Steve:
I would agree and I think so would Pirsig as he said in the intro to LC:
"...the biggest improvement I could make in the MOQ would be to block the
notion that the MOQ claims to be a quick fix for every moral problem in the
universe. I have never seen it that way. The image in my mind when I wrote
it was of a large football field that gave meaning to the the game by
telling you who was on the 20-yard line but did not decide which team would
win."
Regards,
Steve
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