Horse,
Horse writes:
Most people, including many on this
mailing list, still see Morality in terms of what they've been taught from
birth and fail to
see the potential of a new Quality-centred ethical system.
Horse,
I have slowly come to the conclusion that what Pirsig means by Quality is
that it is an overarching force that applies to the entire history of the
universe and that Quality is responsible for the evolution of the universe
as we understand it today. Before human sentience came into being in the
universe the operation of Quality was invariably good and was the guiding
force for universal evolution. I view inorganic Quality as still operating
in the inorganic universe today-still all good.
I view sentient Quality as an offshoot of inorganic Quality that resulted
from the normal progress of evolution.
When sentient Quality came into being then Dynamic Quality came under the
influence of human sentience and became capable of generating either good
or evil depending on our individual interpretation of any given situation.
This, of course, also appeared in Static Quality so that it became possible
for our interpretation of Value (and Quality, and the good) to be at
variance with the operation of inorganic Quality. The possibility of evil
had appeared.
In accordance with Pirsig's conception of the "individual Truths" idea
then each human had the capability of pursueing individual paths depending
on their personal history and immediate influences. The paths could take as
many directions (good or evil or all shades in between) as there were
humans.
As I view Pirsig's concept, the collective path of sentient Quality is
self correcting and will eventually come into line with Universal Quality.
When this eventually occurs then the operation of Quality will produce all
good again.
I view the levels as being unnecessary complications which operate to the
detriment of our understanding of Quality. They encourage us to view our
position in the universe in isolation instead of viewing Quality as a
seamless whole that is a function of the entire universe. Ken
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