Pluralism, on the other hand, is neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but melioristic, rather. The world, it thinks, may be saved, on condition that its parts shall do their best. But shipwreck in detail, or even on the whole, is among the open possibilities. There is thus a practical lack of balance about pluralism, which contrasts with monism's peace of mind. So far I have sought only to show the respective implications of the rival doctrines without dogmatically deciding which is the more true.
Pluralism is melioristic.
As agents of change, our work is never done. And events which we abhor may still and do occur. Pirsig might disagree. He might say that pluralism balances dynamis and stasis, unlatched flux and latched flux. The animate and the Inanimate .