(May 15, 2016 at 11:43 am)vorlon13 Wrote: This perfect doctrine needs some flexibility.
And it needs to be OK to change it and then either acknowledge changing it, or deny changing it.
Agreed, possibly a letter of promulgation at the very beginning stating something to the tune of:
1) This doctrine was drafted with the intention of maximizing, preserving, and cherishing the welfare, happiness, dignity and freedom of all conscious creatures.
2)As the complexity of conscious experience evolves, so too shall the approach in improving it. This doctrine not a complete work, and should be improved through the years to record only the best practices of behavior.
3)If there is any interpretation between an interpretation of this doctrine, and the rule of "Don't be a dick", the latter will prevail.
4) At no point shall the teachings of this doctrine be used to oppress, enslave, indignify, or otherwise mistreat conscious creatures.
5) Above all else, there can be no written substitute for the practice of sound reasoning and altruistic moral judgement. Treat this work as a collection of proven principles and not a weapon used to empower an agenda of any kind.
6) Unity and cohesive effort across all conscious creatures, striving for the same goals of happiness and well being cannot be achieved by creating borders between them. Therefore, this doctrine shall be made available to all conscious creatures, and for those who reject it, they shall be free to do so without reprisal of ANY sort under provision 3) of this document.
...feel free to add more. I gotta run!
