Often posts suggesting a better way of thinking, living, being etc. is not only possible but is necessary show up here. Being immersed in idealism myself, I thought a thread where we could ‘work’, in the sense of finding agreement, might be at best helpful - at worst, informative.
To that end, and with the hope of not getting too bogged down in argumentation, what primary points do we agree upon? The details, wherein lie both devils and dragons, can be addressed once the basic structure is codified. Areas I suggest include: 1. The right to life. (even though at some point overpopulation will have to be addressed.) 2. Liberty. Where does one place limits here, if at all? 3. Health. How do we as a people help to assure less suffering when it comes to our bodies and even our emotions and mind? 4. Justice. How is this determined? This is only a suggested start. For me, I do not embrace the ‘eye for an eye’ mentality and find other ‘solutions’ to crime etc. can be found. So, regardless of human passions, life itself is sacred. As to liberty, this too can be a large topic, however, servitude not self imposed seems to be unacceptable to me. What do you think? Health is a big topic today. Leaving aside the details again, at least for a while, what specific areas can we agree upon, at least as far as an ethos is concerned? Is it not preferable for us all to have access to quality healthcare? Justice. Something that brings all sorts of beliefs. Often I bring up the term universality, a concept I learned from Chomsky. In many ways, it is nothing new and is about identical with things like the Golden Rule and other well known admonitions and ideals. Again, I hope for finding a point of unity (agreement), the basics without which any sort of unified action by humanity seems impossible save through the use of force, the other option. As an analogy, I doubt that today’s cell phone would have come into existence, at least not nearly as soon, without the vision of what was found in Dick Tracy and/or Buck Rogers. What is your vision, the basics? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
