Re: MD MOQ and The Moral Evolution of Society.

From: Wim Nusselder (wim.nusselder@antenna.nl)
Date: Fri May 28 2004 - 22:39:21 BST

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    Dear Mark M.,

    You suggested 27 May 2004 09:02:28 -0400:
    '1. Static Quality may obey its own laws except where such laws would
    conflict with DQ.
    2. Static Quality must respond to DQ except where such responses would
    restrict DQ.
    3. Static Quality must protect its own existence as long as such protection
    does not conflict with the first or second law.'

    I don't agree that DQ is more moral than sq.

    Pirsig wrote in his introduction to Lila's Child:
    'After reading through these and many other comments, I've concluded that
    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 as I wrote it
    was of a large football field that gave meaning to the game by telling you
    who was on the 20-yard line but did not decide which team would win. That
    was the point of the two opposing arguments over the death penalty described
    in Lila. That was the point of the equilibrium between static and Dynamic
    Quality. Both are moral arguments. Both can claim the MOQ for support.'

    Next to your suggestion I would suggest as equally valid:
    1. Dynamic Quality may create new patterns of value except where
    this -measured by standards of Static Quality- would imply degeneration
    (i.e. substituting better patterns of value with worse ones).
    2. Dynamic Quality must respect existing standards of Static Quality.
    3. Dynamic Quality must claim room for change of and relative freedom from
    static patterns of value, but only there where this change doesn't endanger
    the highest quality static patterns of value existing.

    With friendly greetings,

    Wim

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