Magnus Berg (qmgb@bull.se)
Thu, 19 Mar 1998 17:49:17 +0100
Hi Kevin and welcome to the Lila Squad
Kevin Sanchez wrote:
>
> The organization of inorganic, biological, social, and intellectual static
> values seemss comprehendsive and compatible with contemporary social ethics
> but, I have a problem. I cannot see that the next level automatically
> trumps the one before it.
> For instance, in Lila, Pirsig states that an idea warrants the death of a
> society. Yet, doesn't the quality of that idea effect that warrant? Is it
> moral for us to all die for a low-quality idea? Was Hitler correct in
> killing for his extremely low-quality ideas? This troubles me because the
> humanistic ethics to which I subscribe seem slightly undermined by MoQ.
> Comments?
I just read Keith and Ken's replies so I won't repeat what they said, just this.
Remember that the types of societies you are talking about is also based on an
idea. This makes it possible to value the old and the new idea and make
judgements based on that. At the depression times of the Hitler takeover,
the idea that the society was based on wasn't valued too highly.
Magnus
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