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By Arthur M. Jackson ----- 4/8/03
Ethics deals with right and wrong behavior as measured in terms of human nature.
That behavior is judged to be right which is in the individual’s long-term best interest.
Behavior as well as feelings comes out of beliefs. And beliefs are the component of one’s being most readily within their personal control.
One’s long-term best interests equate with achieving the closest approximation currently possible of a sustainable belief that one’s life has meaning thereby allowing one to become an Enlightened Person. This is measured by the degree to which one has achieved her or his full positive potential, and that person’s conscious involvement in maintaining and developing the human species.
The elements of a sustainable belief that one’s life has meaning can only be determined through empirical study measured in terms of science-based hypotheses.
Below are the current working assumptions – open to revision, clarification, or replacement with updated information – judged to be essential in order to become an Enlightened Person.
1. Recognize that human beings are the ultimate reference system.
2. Endeavor to maintain and develop the human species. Support efforts to develop Enlightened
Communities.
3. Seek to understand. Pursue Wisdom.
4. Recognize that all knowledge rests on faith/beliefs and must always be open to questioning.
5. Strive to make the best choices possible.
6. Know and struggle to improve yourself; work to be physically and psychologically healthy.
7. Develop and adopt a perceptual framework in which pain does not prevent the
achievement of a sustainable belief that your life has meaning.
8. Help and be helped by other people.
9. Work to increase knowledge and all creative and artistic endeavors. Adopt an inspiring life goal.
10. Support efforts to ensure that every child is provided a loving, nurturing environment
and all the things necessary to become an Enlightened Person.
11. Make of your life a spiritual quest. Work to become an Enlightened Person.
An Enlightened Community is one that promotes the belief and implements the idea that human beings are the source of meaning and value and that the individual person must be seen as the focus for society's ultimate concern.
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