TEN "COMMANDMENTS" FOR A GLOBAL HUMANISM (Dr. Rodrigue TREMBLAY)

These ‘commandments’ provide a good summary of the important issues for rational humanists.

The ten rules of living and of social behavior of rational humanism for a more harmonious and just world:  

1- Proclaim the natural dignity and inherent worth of all human beings.

2- Respect the life and property of others.

3- Practice tolerance and open-mindedness towards the choices and life styles of others.

4- Share with those who are less fortunate and mutually assist those who are in need of help.

5- Use neither lies, nor spiritual doctrine, nor temporal power to dominate and exploit others.

6- Rely on reason, logic and science to understand the Universe and to solve life's problems.

7- Conserve and improve the Earth's natural environment—land, soil, water, air and space—as humankind's common heritage.

8- Resolve differences and conflicts cooperatively without resorting to violence or to wars.

9- Organize public affairs according to individual freedom and responsibility, through political and economic democracy.

10- Develop one's intelligence and talents through education and effort.
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From: The Code for Global Ethics: Ten Humanist Principles
Prometheus Books,  (ISBN: 978-1-61614-172-1), 2010.

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