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: Introductory Questions I.
Every human institution has a guiding mission statement or philosophy. Yet there is no specific global plan for Humanity's future. Without a plan, happenstance determines destination. Instead of leaving its fate up to chance,
Humanity should select its own destination.
Since Utopia is the best Humanity can perceive, Utopia should be
Humanity's guiding philosophy. This ultimate philosophy of striving for the best life possible for everyone, can be one global element of common sense and common purpose in an otherwise complex and fragmented world.
Utopian philosophy can be the goal that unites the world for good and noble actions.
Every person has thought, at least once in their life, that it would be nice if there were no disease, no crime, no poverty, and/or for some other improvement in the Human condition. Since everyone has dreamed of a better world, it is fair to say that Humanity has a common dream. While no two humans are exactly the same, we are all of one race, the human race, and we all share the experience of life in an essentially identical carbon-based life-form structure. We all work for continuing survival while in this structure, and hope for a happy, safe, and good life for ourselves and for our loved ones. Therefore, everyone has a common desire for the best life attainable. "Utopia" is the word used to denote the best life attainable. Since each person has their own unique vision of Utopia, the only universally agreeable description of Utopia is, "the ability for each person to live in their own vision of paradise." Humanity should strive to obtain that ability.
Since humans consist of both a tangible physical state (body) and an intangible mental state (mind), the way to achieve Utopia is to find technologies and methods that fully satisfy both states of human existence. With the right new knowledge Humanity can solve any problem and achieve any desired result. History has shown that anytime humanity wants to learn how to do something, such as land a man on the moon, the answers can be found if money and resources are devoted to the cause. Therefore, we should be devoting more resources toward finding the knowledge that will allow each person to live as they desire.
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Everyone makes a vote as to the type of world we have with their lifetime efforts, and the total of all human actions determines whether the world is like a heaven on earth or a living hell. Therefore, the pursuit of Utopia can be implemented through the consensus method. The consensus method simply involves putting a dream into words and spreading those words until a large enough consensus is created to cause positive action by society.
Individually and collectively we must shine the light of knowledge on the darkness of ignorance, until we find our best. If we take such a path, at some point in the future,
Humanity will have a heaven on earth, where everyone lives as they desire.
In sum, since everyone desires a good life, we should make the same a common goal, and devote some more resources toward finding the knowledge to make it a reality for all.
Questions:
1. Is it possible for everybody to live with “the same common goal”? Why? Why not?
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2. Answer True or False, based on your beliefs, to the following questions—Be prepared to explain and defend your answers:
1.____________An ideal community would not have any hunger or starvation.
2.____________ An ideal community would not have any jealousy or
competition.
3.____________All children should have equal possessions and privileges at a
A certain age, regardless of the status (financial) status of their
Families.
4. __________Families are much closer when they share their feelings.
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5.__________Life would be better and easier if we did not carry bad memories in
Our heads.
6. ________Overpopulation is such a problem that families should not be allowed
To have more than two children.
7.________There is no real need to learn about world history.
8.________There is no real reason to learn about one’s own family’s history.
9.________One’s job or occupation in life should be a careful match of one’s
Interests, talents, and skills.
10._______Education should be optional.
3. How does the community in which you life affect who you are? This should answer should be no less than one paragraph:
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4. Create a "perfect" community, giving it a name, a system of government, a physical description, and an account of how its people spend their days. Discuss how that community would change and grow. What roles would history and memories of painful events play in the growth of the community? What would have to be added to our own society in order to make it perfect? What would be lost in this quest for perfection?
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