Phil Beaver seeks to collaborate on the-objective-truth, which can only be discovered. The comment box below invites readers to write.
"Civic"
refers to citizens who collaborate for individual
happiness with civic integrity more than for the city, state, nation, or
society.
Consider writing a personal
paraphrase of the preamble, which offers fellow citizens mutual equality: For discussion, I convert the preamble’s predicate phrases to nouns and
paraphrase it for my interpretation of its proposal as follows: This good citizen practices the U.S. disciplines---integrity, justice,
peace, strength, and prosperity, "in order to” develop responsible
human-independence “to ourselves and our Posterity.” I want to improve my interpretation by
listening to other citizens and their interpretations yet would preserve the
original, 1787, text, unless it is amended by the people.
It seems the
Supreme Court occasionally refers to it, and no one has challenged whether or
not the preamble is a legal statement. The fact that it changed this
independent country from a confederation of states to a union of states
deliberately managed by disciplined fellow citizens convinces me the preamble
is legal. Equity in opportunity and outcome is shared by the people who collaborate
for human justice.
Every citizen
has equal opportunity to either trust-in and collaborate-on the goals stated in
the preamble or be dissident to the agreement. I think 2/3 of citizens try
somewhat to use the preamble but many do not articulate commitment to the
goals. However, it seems less than 2/3 understand that “posterity” implies
grandchildren. “Freedom of religion,” which fellow citizens have no means to
discipline, oppresses freedom to develop integrity.
Selected theme from this week
Restoring 1776 and 1787 U.S. humble-integrity
We recently connect world events that start with humankind’s
responsibility to constrain chaos on earth and end with affirmation of U.S.
humble-integrity on September 17, 1787.
Both Congress in 1791 and the U.S. Supreme Court since then
impose on We the People of the United States the tyranny of “freedom of
religion” when humble-integrity is in each individual’s self-interest. Each fellow-citizen
may improve personal-integrity by experiencing and observing humble-integrity.
Look for these discoveries and actions they invite in this
week’s essays.
Quora
What are the much talked about values and principles of the American
South, and are they still taught today?
As a resident of the American South all my life, I assert
that what you ask about is not well understood at all. However, my opinion is
that we perceive American hypocrisy more than many fellow citizens do, and we
resist the hypocrisy even though we cannot articulate it.
In a nutshell, we perceive that Genesis 1:28 charges
humankind to constrain chaos on earth. We observe that religion, philosophy,
and acceptance of the responsibilities of human life are in conflict and
confusion and therefore cause chaos.
America was settled by Europeans who were competitively
developing colonies under institutional religious “authorities.” At least six
of them traded with African kings for African slaves to place in their
colonies.
In 1763, 14 eastern seaboard colonies were under British
rule, and most free colonists were loyal British subjects. However, a new king
decided to tax the colonies for royal benefits, and the colonists rebelled. In
1774, they wrote the Articles
of Association, which included the commitment to stop
slavery. Two years later, they wrote the Declaration of Independence. With 8
slave states, 5 non-slave states, and excluding Nova Scotia because was not
Protestant, they could not declare the end of slavery AND wage war against the
Western world’s greatest military empire.
Furthermore, being loyal British subjects, many were
loyal to the Church of England. At Magna Carta, 1215, where King John
relinquished most of monarchal powers to the Lords-Church partnership in
Parliament, the Church was Roman Catholic. The 1689 Bill of Rights requires a
Protestant monarchy. The colonists had learned the importance of separating
civic responsibilities from heavenly pursuits, for example, by the 1692 Salem
“witch” executions. Therefore, their references to power that both parties
faced included “Nature’s God”, “the Creator,” “the Supreme Judge of the world,”
and “Providence.” Thus, the colonists expressed humble-integrity to both civic
authority and heavenly authority. They did not threaten the theism they
substantially practiced.
With military providence by France, the colonists
won the war and ratified their global status as 13 free and independent states
in 1784. Their domestic politics was failing, and in 1787 twelve states met to
strengthen the Articles of Confederation. The founders prepared to end slavery
when feasibility emerged and otherwise preserved the humble-integrity the
founders had expressed. They signers recognized “our Posterity” and specified 5
public disciplines “in order to” establish responsible human independence “to
ourselves and our Posterity.”
However, the first Congress, in 1791 usurped all the
powers introduced above, the supreme judge of the world, the heavenly
authority, the people, the founders, the framers, and the signers by amending the
Constitution with the unconstitutional hubris: “Congress
shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof.”
With a free-citizenry that was 99%
Protestant, it seemed logical to restore English-colonial traditions, even
though separation of church and state was a 1787 slogan. However, pride over “freedom
of religion” has bemused “ourselves and our Posterity” ever since. Now that
these events have been connected, I speculate that soon the first Amendment
will be amended so as to restore the 1776 and 1787 humble integrity rather than
support the chaos imposed by the world’s religious institutions.
Descendants of English-colonial
Americans are concentrated in the northeast, and transitioning to the purpose
proffered in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution may be difficult for them.
However, American who always lived in the South will find humble-integrity in
their self-interest, as they always perceived.
I doubt you would get this
opinion elsewhere, and I do not know the-ineluctable-truth. I write to learn
and would appreciate comments.
https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-consider-freedom?
What do you consider freedom?
Freedom-from oppression comes first with the human
responsibility to conform to all external constraints. That means comprehending
and reacting to physics and its progeny (earning the life style you want),
knowing and observing the law, reporting any discovery of unjust law, and
paying taxes due, with the necessary responsibility in each activity. Second,
the free person accepts HIPEA and uses it to develop humble-integrity---freedom
from internal oppression.
Freedom
is human maturity respecting both external and internal constraints.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/What-are-the-topics-to-be-discussed-about-life-in-a-debate?
What are the
topics to be discussed about life in a debate?
The specifics of being human with 2020 vision.
A discussion group can divide itself into 2 groups,
open-minded participants and dissidents, with questions like this:
Do you appreciate being a human
being? Why or why not?
Do you behave to develop equity under
statutory justice? If not, what orders your civic way of living?
Do you perceive humankind the
society that will ultimately constrain chaos on earth?
What connections do you hope to
make by attending this discussion?
If the discussion is among citizens
or inhabitants of the U.S., I like the question:
Do you own your “ourselves and our
Posterity” interpretation of the proffered people’s proposition in the preamble
to the U.S. Constitution? Does your interpretation constrain your civic, civil,
legal, and private way of living?
What public
reform would bring U.S. inhabitants closer to your application of the preamble?
These questions may be shocking to some readers, because no
culture is taking responsibility to constrain chaos within, let alone on earth.
In the U.S., the 1791 Congress distracted the U.S. from the
preamble’s proffered people’s proposition. In my view, it distills to: Accept the ancient Mesopotamian thought in
Genesis 1:28 that humankind is charged with responsible order on earth. Therefore,
develop 5 public disciplines “in order to” establish humble-integrity “to
ourselves and our Posterity.”
In 1791, Congress had the hubris against spiritual authority
and civic authority to amend the U.S. commitment to responsible human
independence by claiming Congressional authority on spiritualism: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Congress attempted to
usurp both authorities by reversing Genesis 1:28.
Nothing in the universe authorizes
Congress to opine about religion in order to dissuade the people from
humble-integrity in both civic affairs and in private pursuit of
personally-perceived spirituality.
What Congress-person will
historically propose amendment of the First Amendment so as to promote
humble-integrity among U.S. citizens rather than sponsor world-wide religious
institutions? It is critical for the U.S. to reform to the humble-integrity
expressed in both the 1776 Declaration and the 1787 Constitution.
I choose to answer questions from
which I perceive I can learn (and I did herein; thank you Lein Ansino). So,
readers, please comment. If this post disappears, find it on my blog,
cipbr.blogspot.com for the week ending 11/14/2020 and continue the open-minded
discussion.
quora.com/Why-do-people-think-the-Constitution-should-be-interpreted-as-written-originalist-when-our-Founders-are-on-record-as-saying-it-needed-interpreted-as-society-changed?
Why do people think the Constitution should be interpreted as
written, "originalist" when our Founders are on record as saying it
needed interpreted as society changed?
Most judges, lawyers, and clergy have one objective: to pick
the people’s pockets without causing us to rebel or emigrate. That’s Chapter XI
Machiavellianism, by the way.
History informs us that one society does not change: the
good People who want to constrain chaos “to ourselves and our Posterity” always
existed. This articulation had 39 signers of 55 delegates to the 1787
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. The 55 framers created laws and
institutions that could be amended when injustice was discovered and a remedy
specified. Also, they specified that religious oaths were not allowed. The 1787
U.S. Constitution does nothing to lessen the humble-integrity the founders
expressed in the 1776 Declaration of Independence. War against England was
constitutionally war against the Church of England, to which many
British-colonial subjects were loyal. Therefore, the declaration needed to
separate civic and civil world authority from spiritual authority. The founders
appealed “to the Supreme Judge of the world” for reliability of their
intentions.
Some “originalists,” for example Justice Neil Gorsuch,
proudly claim preservation of British-colonial tradition by applying British
precedents. U.S. precedents began when the preamble’s people’s proposition was
written starting September 8, preferred on September 12 and signed along with
the Articles on September 17, 1787.
We, the 2020 (ourselves and our Posterity) most hold the
U.S. Supreme Court accountable to the preamble. Additionally, we must hold
Congress accountable for the arrogance against the Supreme Judge of the world
in the First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise
thereof.” Congress has no authority to usurp spiritual power and is obliged to
practice and encourage humble-integrity.
Judges, lawyers, and the clergy
have a 233-year record of picking the people’s pockets, and if any of them owns
humble-integrity, they can lead the march on Washington to amend the First
Amendment so as to leave religion in civic privacy while civilly practicing and
promoting humble-integrity.
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-justified-to-break-an-unjust-law?
No. Suppose your “unjust”-opinion is in error.
Also, Socrates famously chose death rather than defy unjust
enforcement of an unjust law. It is important for every citizen who does not want
to use HIPEA to develop crime to understand Socrates’ example.
The unjust enforcement was committed by the jury, who were
angry over Socrates’ question, in essence: Why does the Athens jury confuse
“good” with “God”? Today, we think it is tyranny to legislate theism, much less
impose a God. In other words, Socrates influenced legal reform by upholding the
existing statues but proposing reform.
https://www.quora.com/When-were-the-so-called-traditional-values-defended-by-conservatives-defined-Why-were-those-values-defined-and-not-any-of-the-preceding-ones-for-example?
When were the so-called "traditional values" defended by
conservatives defined? Why were those values defined and not any of the
preceding ones, for example?
John Locke (d. 1704) was central to British political
philosophy in Western thought. He suggested life, liberty, and property rights.
We know that no government can guarantee them. We see online that he was
influenced by Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Aristotle, Plato, Thomas
More,
so it’s not the case that earlier thinkers were omitted---just interpreted by
Locke.
Edmund Burke (d. 1797) was Protestant with Catholic empathy
and was influenced by John Locke, David Hume, Aristotle, Montesquieu, Thomas
More.
Scholars debate their writings to this day, and discovery of
modern books that present their arguments with contemporaries are instructive;
for example Burke vs Paine.
Connecting some dots, in 1215 in England, Catholic Bishops
and land Lords negotiated King John to relinquish power to Parliament with
Church and Lords representations. Martin Luther acted in 1517. The 1689 Bill of
Rights requires a Protestant monarchy. In 1763 England started taxing the 13
eastern seaboard colonies.
In 1774, loyal British colonists appealed for relief, even
as war was breaking out. When they chose to declare independence, they had
learned enough about the privacy of religious choice that they saw no reason to
appeal to theism for war benefits. Therefore, the cited “the Supreme Judge of
the world” for authority of their intentions. With military providence from
France, they won the war and went on to ratify their global recognition as 13
free and independent states.
When they perceived that they had to unite as a nation in
order to survive, they wrote nothing that lessened the humble-integrity of the
1776 Declaration. The 1787 Constitution expresses separation of civic issues
both domestically and internationally from spiritual issues. In other words,
neither the 1776 Declaration nor the 1787 Constitution usurps any authority
that judges “souls.”
However, Congress, in 1791 exercised that offense against
spiritual authority, the founders, the framers, the signers, We the People of
the United States, and the 2020 generation of “ourselves and our Posterity.”
There are two kinds of conservative in the U.S.: fiscal
conservatives who tend to revere the Supreme Judge of the world and equivalent
expressions of civic authority and political conservatives, who act to preserve
colonial-British tradition as much as possible. Our generation can change that
by revising the First Amendment so that it promotes humble-integrity rather
than supports religious institutions.
The U.S. has operated under English psychology rather than
the proffered proposition in the preamble. Our generation can end the
Congressional tyranny.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-Western-ethical-tradition-all-about?
What is Western ethical tradition all about?
Humankind is charged to constrain chaos on earth. Each individual is charged
to constrain chaos in their life. However, no civilization develops these
principles. Instead, political leaders pretend the people are too busy living
to develop personal fidelity against chaos.
Of all the approaches for politicians to reign over the people, the easiest
is to partner with theism. With theism, families develop fidelity to the faith
rather than practicing discovered means of constraining infidelity.
Consequently, the political and religious partners pick the people’s pockets
and the people neither rebel nor emigrate, believing faith will someday relieve
their descents’ losses and misery.
In the Western traditions, Christianity is held to be the theism that
encourages citizens to constrain chaos. However, there are so many Christian
factions that no two theisms match---neither between two institutions nor
between two Christians.
As a consequence, Christians do not accept the human charge to constrain
chaos---practice fidelity. The Western traditions emerged from Roman
Catholicism until Luther’s 1517 Protestant Reformation. It spawned many
theisms, “mainly Lutheranism, Calvinism, the Anglican Communion, the
Anabaptists, and the Antitrinitarians”; Martin Luther |
Biography, Reformation, Accomplishments, Quotes, & Facts.
The early 1600s English settlers in America were mostly Pilgrims (work) and
Quakers (Godliness), but eventually many Christian sects were on the eastern
seaboard of America. By 1763 they were under British rule with preference to
the Anglican Church. Catholics were unpopular.
The 1774 American “founders” saw fit to prepare for independence from
England and the imposition of war they were suffering. Each of 13 colonies
being substantially inhabited by Protestants, they chose to appeal to worldly
judgement for appreciation of their intentions. In other words, it did not make
sense to appeal to England’s theism for military favor. Thus, the 1776
Declaration of Independence avoids citing spiritual divinity by using four
phrases to represent earthly authority: Nature’s God, the Creator, the Supreme
Judge of the world, and Providence. (Abraham Lincoln, in his first inaugural
address had the problem of fellow-citizens and family-members praying within
the same theism, so he used the worldly-phrase “the Almighty Ruler of
nations.”)
With military providence by France, the 13 colonies won global recognition
as 13 free and independent states and ratified the treaty in 1784. However, in
less than 4 years, they realized they could not survive as a confederation of
states. Twelve of the states sent delegates to the 1787 convention in order to
strengthen the Articles of Confederation.
However, the framers specified a nation. Nothing in the framers 1787
Constitution lessens the humble-integrity expressed by the founders in the 1776
Declaration. The signers approved the articles and the preamble-proffered
purpose “to ourselves and our Posterity.” By omitting religion in the 5
disciplines the preamble proffered, the signers humbled to the civic authority
of 1776s “the Supreme Judge of the world” or equivalent and preserved for
individual privacy the choice of theism, philosophy, or no metaphysics---only
physics and its progeny, including psychology.
However, 16 framers did not sign, for reasons they may have understood. Some
wanted to express theism and others did not want the disciplined citizens to
constrain Congress. In 1791, Congress unconstitutionally wrote, “Congress shall
make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof.” Neither the entity We the People of the United States nor
the Supreme Judge of the world nor humankind’s spiritual authority authorized
Congress to so rebuke the founders, the framers, the signers, and “ourselves
and our Posterity.” It’s egregious tyranny and hubris! And good grief, Joe
Biden claims the spiritual authority to restore America’s “soul.”
Our 2020 generation of “ourselves and our Posterity” may benefit from the
above suggestion about “Western ethical tradition” and the 1776 and 1787 U.S.
intention to separate civil authority on earth from spiritual authority in
heaven. A first step toward restoration of humble-integrity may be to amend the
First Amendment so as to encourage citizens to constrain chaos in their lives
rather than to support religious-business civil imposition on non-believers
more than believers.
Western traditional ethics seems to be fear by grace preceding salvation by
grace when the human need is to constrain chaos in personal life. The founders
and framers knew this, and 12 generations later, we don’t.
But we can!
I write to learn, and would
appreciate comments.
I value being a human being and accept the potential
awareness. And grammar by which to develop humble-integrity. I appreciate the
discovery that I have the individual power, the individual energy, and the
individual authority (HIPEA) to avoid infidelity. I perceive I cannot consign
my HIPEA to another entity---a God or government, as most cultures teach their
youth. These principle are more appreciation of unique personhood, which each
of us owns, than logic. Blame it on the opportunity to live!
In college, I chose to study Hinduism for an English
term-paper and concluded that mastering one culture while pursuing the
happiness I perceived I wanted was sufficient and that I was fortunate to be in
university in the USA in 1961-6 (cooperative engineering scholarship program of
5 years).
I had six job offers and chose Ethyl Corporation in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. Here, this serious Southern Baptist boy fell in love with a
Louisiana French-Catholic woman of classic beauty. She is so serenely confident
I accepted her story everytime someone made a pass at her. She is the most
precious woman alive, and our friends and family know it. We reared three
children Catholic, and I also attended perhaps the south’s most liberal Baptist
Church, University Baptist, Baton Rouge. I have never taken communion, and feel
in our 51st year of marriage I understand two opposite Christian
doctrines. I discovered my trust-in and commitment-to the-ineluctable-truth.
Whatever it is, I work to comprehend it.
My wife and I traveled enough and enjoyed learning and
sharing. I especially enjoyed Argentine tango with her when we traveled to
Buenos Aires and Montevideo and Punta del Est. Earlier, we traveled with 2
small children across southern Europe after 16 months living in Thessaloniki. I
speak a smattering of Greek and she less. We have pictures and books from our
travels. When the chips were down, a Greek engineer taken from my group relied
on me to defend his integrity.
It takes a lifetime to learn another culture sufficiently to
never usurp its authority or insult its believers. I consider “culture and
diversity” invasions of precious people’s privacy.
I hope this helps. I write to learn and would appreciate
comments.
https://www.quora.com/Cicero-said-Gratitude-is-not-only-the-greatest-of-virtues-but-the-parent-of-all-others-Would-you-consider-another-virtue-greater-than-gratitude-or-would-you-agree-to-a-certain-extent-with-Cicero?
Cicero said "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but
the parent of all others." Would you consider another virtue greater than
gratitude or would you agree to a certain extent with Cicero?
I think appreciation follows acceptance as the greatest internal human
value. Gratitude seems to address subjective reaction to civic or civil
benefits when the bureaucratic possibilities include imposition, abuse or
tolerance.
Merriam-Webster online lists “gratitude” synonyms: appreciation,
appreciativeness,
gratefulness,
thankfulness,
thanks. For
“appreciation” there’s account, admiration,
esteem, estimation,
favor, regard,
respect.
For “acceptance” in human-value usage, I select: conformity,
cooperativeness,
receptivity.
I could do the work to compare the above words with the Latin Cicero
probably used, but it seems practical to accept that I do not know Cicero’s
comprehensions and intentions.
At some point a child is fortunate to accept that they are a human being.
With that acceptance, they may appreciate that they can develop the awareness
and grammar by which to behave so as to constrain chaos in their life. Further,
they may appreciate the concomitant self-interest to develop humble-integrity.
On reaching psychological maturity, they may experience gratitude for having
discovered the human individual power, individual energy, and individual
authority (HIPEA) by which to approach perfection of their unique individual.
That is, they accepted the charge in Genesis 1:28 to aid the establishment of
human-peace on earth with due humility toward whatever elicits the charge.
It would surprise me if Ciero did not express these principles in his own
way, and if we care to, we can work to confirm/deny that and still not know.
Similarly, I think the founders expressed these principles in
the 1776 Declaration then enjoyed war-confirmation of “the good People”
intentions under “the Supreme Judge of the world” and the military providence
of France. The 1784 people later accepted that they could not survive as a
confederation of 13 free and independent states, so all but one rebel-state met
to specify a nation. The 1787 framers made no exceptions to the
humble-integrity the 1776 founders expressed, and the 1787 signers
proffered public self-discipline “in order to” establish responsible human independence
“to ourselves and our Posterity.” The 16 dissidents may have contributed to
1791 Congressional tyranny.
The 2020 entity We the People of the United States can hold Congress
accountable to the 1776 Declaration and the 1787 Constitution: Amend the First
Amendment so as to re-establish U.S. humble-integrity rather than
impose civil religion. Then hold the U.S. Supreme Court to defend
the preamble to the U.S. Constitution rather than English common law precedent:
Effect at last psychological independence from England. Then hold
Administrations accountable to the reformed U.S. republic. Law enforcement
exists to aid We the People of the United States in their work to constrain
chaos in the U.S. and likewise influence the world.
I write to learn, so please comment.
https://www.quora.com/q/enlightened1111/How-free-are-we?
As free our self-control develops into humble-integrity.
Each of us began as a unique ovum, and everything that happened
on our way to personhood increase uniqueness. Some persons accept that they are
a human being and that they are unique. Some observe, experience, and accept
that human life is constrained by physics and its progeny. Some choose to
constrain chaos in their life, and others tolerate infidelity.
Thus, freedom-from oppression is a two-branched
self-discipline “in order to” establish the humble-integrity needed for
responsible human independence.
The person who accepts the human opportunity to develop individual
power, individual energy, and individual authority (HIPEA) to responsible
pursue the happiness they perceive rather than strain against someone else’s
vision for them is free. Unfortunate are to people who discover HIPEA and
employ it to compete with others, practice crime or tyranny, or game the
bureaucracy.
I think we live in the best of times for fellow-citizens to
self-discipline so as to discover the self-interest of humble-integrity at an
early age and to psychologically mature with no internal constraints. In so
doing, they may influence others to constrain the chaos a confused and
conflicted world would impose. Perhaps the purpose of human life is to perfect
your unique person within the decades lived.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-duty-of-a-creative-person?
What is the duty of a creative person?
I perceive I earned the duty to answer your question, Mr.
Lindsay, and appreciate your question’s importance.
A creative person has the obligation to share their products
without burdening fellow-citizens. During the last of 4 decades reading and
writing to discover both 1) why the world is so conflicted despite so many
wonderful people and 2) why the U.S. is not delivering its proffered
proposition to constrain chaos in the U.S., I learned to express a concern, let
the other party explore meaning to them, and then listen to their informed
reaction, hoping to improve my comprehension for civic living.
Today, I saw a woman perhaps a decade older than me reading
a book. I approached her and asked what she was reading. Her dialogue became so
inviting I asked if I could share my latest discovery, and she answered that I
could.
I said, “I see you own personal-integrity. I think you
perceive I do too. We are willing to converse with mutual hope that we will
each more closely approach humble-integrity.”
She expressed delight, opened her purse for a pad and pen
and asked me to repeat the idea. Her husband arrived, and I could not learn
more from her. However, I came away convinced that another person thinks the
phrase “humble-integrity” delivered as a measure of personal-integrity is
useful.
So far, it seems creative and worthy of sharing so as to
encourage an achievable better future.
In creative thought, a person is constrained to the words
and phrases that produced the idea, and therefore should not try to “write for
the audience.” For example, I would not write to favor self-governance: I think
fellow-citizens should self-discipline “in order to” establish responsible
human independence “to ourselves and our Posterity.” Albert Einstein might have
written something like: research without integrity is blind and integrity
without research is lame. Instead he wrote, for a conference on science and
religion, “science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
I write to learn and hope to receive comments.
quora.com/Choose-three-environmental-principles-What-are-the-scientific-and-environmental-concepts-which-fall-under-each-principle?
Choose three environmental principles. What are the scientific and
environmental concepts which fall under each principle?
An
ineluctably good culture discovers the laws of physics, practices efficiency,
and avoids promoting falsehoods.
First,
there’s the conservation of energy. Potential energy can be converted into mass
and a kinetic energy: heat, elevation, motion, chemistry, electricity, light. For
example, a gasoline-combustion engine converts potential energy into heat to
the atmosphere, CO2 plus oxygenated impurities including solids, and motion
(kinetic energy). Consequential environmental chaos cannot be lessened without
work.
In
physics and its progeny, such as biology and psychology, conversion of potential
energy into mass and kinetic energy is downhill and increases chaos. That is,
after the conversion, the potential energy has lessened.
To conserve
potential energy, humankind works to understand physics and its progeny, in
order to live efficiently.
Second,
potential energy can be restored, but it takes work to accomplish it. The work
done is not recoverable, so humankind attempts to lessen unnecessary cycles. For example, the
user turns off battery-operated service in order to conserve the battery.
Third,
falsehood misdirects human work and can be avoided. For example, Santa Claus is
a metaphor for good will among humans. Children can learn the goodwill-concept
without ever fantasizing the Santa as a person. The process of unlearning
falsehoods can be expensive and painful.
For
example, my mom and dad were such good providers (and I’m so deliberate) that
it took me 4 decades to accept that my person is not suited to the religious
beliefs they each wanted me to accept. I doubt I would have discovered Phil
Beaver if I had not fallen in love-with and parented-with a woman of opposite
Christian beliefs.
Similarly,
the child whose parents say the earth’s rotation hides the sun each evening
develop a richer perception of the un-hiding each morning and the speed of
earth’s axial rotation as the day transpires. The child’s imagination may
inspire them to learn that the diameter of the sun is 108 times the earth’s
diameter. The sun viewed from earth seems small because it is 92 million miles,
or 11,600 earth-diameters, away.
Efficient
parents exercise personal-integrity in coaching and encouraging children, who are
born with personal-integrity and face a confused and conflicted world. The U.S.
Preamble suggests humble-integrity to “ourselves and our Posterity.” Using
humble-integrity, self-interested humans connect to improve personal integrity. Thereby, humankind
can constrain chaos on earth.
I
write to learn and would appreciate comments and corrections.
https://www.quora.com/Can-freedom-exist-without-bureaucracy?
I don’t think so, because some fellow-citizens think
dependency, crime, tyranny and such pays.
Most fellow-citizens self-discipline “in order to” enjoy
freedom-from oppression---in other words, pursue personal happiness through
responsible human independence.
Unfortunately, some people demand dependency and others have
not the ability to establish independence. Bureaucracy is required for
dependent fellow citizens.
Judges and lawyers have turned these principles in to
licensing for the liberty-to practice specific public services and to demand
egocentric “rights.” The only human right I perceive government can grant is
the right to constrain chaos in your life style; in other words, to develop
integrity as a way of living. Choosing to develop integrity is optional under
freedom-from oppression.
https://www.quora.com/Can-respect-be-moral-and-ethical-instead-of-always-following-the-law?
Unjust law must be either discovered and reported or
suffered. For example, innocent Socrates took the poison to defend unjust
law-enforcement. The fellow citizen who does not aid equity under statutory
justice may suffer unjust-law enforcement.
Among ineluctably good people, appreciation comes before
respect. Respect is a consequence of humble-integrity. Human appreciation is
broken by infidelity. Then human-respect is expressed as constraint.
When harm is done, statutory law-enforcement invites reform.
If unjust law is discovered, it may be amended so as to approach statutory
justice.
Fidelity to each person in the family.
The typical woman, during her fertile years will deliver
almost 400 viable ova. For this reason, her psychology is geared to caring. Her
tendency is ample to reach out to the community, especially to other women. One
of her obligations to her ova is to bond with an authentic man.
An authentic man would never threaten a woman’s ova or her.
He reliably seeks a woman with whom he can bond for family-monogamy for life.
That is, he and she know they will be faithful to each other and to the persons
they procreate, for life.
With widespread practice of this way of living, a newborn
benefits from excellence from the parents and from four grandparents.
Any other family style invites a more arduous path to
chldren’s long-term happiness, if one can be devised.
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-coercion-important?
Without coercion, religious institutions would have to
resort to force to try to influence people to empty their pockets. For
example, President Barack Obama sang “. . . grace . . . saved a wretch like me”
knowing the audience would continue to neglect “. . . grace . .
. taught
My heart to fear.” This is the formula for Christian coercion: fear by grace. And people who accept this grace are “elect.” Further,
they are antinomian—-exempt from civic morality.
Similarly, without scholars extolling self-governance,
politicians would not be able to dissuade citizens from constraining chaos in
their lives out of self-interest. They could not bemuse “ourselves and our
Posterity” into $26 trillion national debt and climbing. Families are building
disaster for grandchildren and beyond so that they can entertain themselves.
Liberals are marching in the streets and destroying their
cities for alien causes. Democrats are trashing the U.S. Constitution because
Republicans wait for governance “under God” to kick in.
Good grief! The 1776 Declaration looked to the Supreme Judge
of the world for military victory to vindicate the good People’s intentions. And
the 1787 Constitution says nothing that lessens that humble-integrity. Both the
founders and the framers, moreover the signers, accepted the 4,000 year-old
Mesopotamian suggestion: humankind’s duty is to constrain chaos on earth.
I write to learn, so please comment.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-principle-of-logomacy-There-is-no-crime-if-there-is-no-law?
What is the principle of logomacy? There is no crime if there is no
law.
Janera Ramos, I nominate you for the award for breakthrough
question of the year 2020. Skillful parsing of words can defeat the rule of
law.
If a legal judge and lawyer skillfully apply logomacy, they
can, together defeat We the People of the United States:
“ourselves and our Posterity” who commit-to and trust-in the rule of law “in
order to” gradually perfect it. (Without objections, I will add
your name and 11/12/2020 to my appreciations page at
promotethepreamble.blogspot.com.)
Merriam-Webster-online’s definition, “a dispute over or
about words,” reminded me of logomachist
Bill Clinton using “is” to flummox his prosecutor. Then I thought of Nancy
Pelosi unconstitutionally impeaching President Donald Trump; Adam Schiff
illegally conducting the impeachment inquiry; the Democrats illegally
convicting Trump; and Mitt Romney using religious sainthood (Mormon belief) to
deny his oath to defend the U.S. Constitution. Romney denied both the Supreme
Judge of the world (1776 Declaration and 1787 Constitution) and whatever-will-decide
Romney’s afterdeath.
Most of all, the past 8 years under collaborative skills
associated with Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Saul Alinsky (d. 1972), enemies
of the U.S. Constitution have disrupted the humble-integrity of We the People of
the United States, knowing that judges and lawyers distract the people with
logomacy such as activism v originalism, all the while picking the people’s
pockets.
I write to learn, so please comment: Teach me more, Ramos and other
fellow-citizens.
https://www.quora.com/What-does-the-term-ethics-mean?
What does the term ethics mean?
It
depends on whether the usage applies to a society or to humankind.
Within a society, “ethics” refers to
conduct according to the rules, which may be dictated by one person, such as
the pope for the Roman Catholic believers. Popes profess precedence, but rarely
constrain themselves. In other words, it’s social-ethics.
Within humankind, ethics is the
journal of discovering how to constrain chaos on earth. That is to say, the record
of humankind taking responsibility for peace on earth. The journal retains
information about negative discovery so that the research proposal can be
updated after the invention of new instruments of perception. The journal
records the speculation that God controls everything yet admits that military
power is mankind’s judge when chaos is tolerated. That is, government cannot
usurp imagination’s domain: heaven and hell, reincarnation, and philosophy.
In
other words, past imagination may have been worthy but unconfirmed with
existing perceptions. For example, the earth has always hidden the sun each
evening by rotating on its axis such that sunlight was directly behind the
midnight location: that is, the sun does not rise each morning, as perceived
nor does it traverse the sky during the day. Teaching that the sun sets and
also rises is not worthy.
Wikipedia
vaguely explains this in “Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance
of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation.” By not negating the perception the sun-hiding is setting,
Wikipedia limits its reliability as a journal of human-ethics. Similarly,
Wikipedia has an excellent article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God. Yet it does not ascribe to humankind the responsibility for
peace on earth through humble-integrity in appreciation of higher power. The
widespread intelligence about God without the necessary specificity adds to
human chaos. In other words, in dialogue, “God” is often bemusing because each
party represents a different entity.
I write to learn and would appreciate
comments.
This is complete contents on physiology ethics.
To JR Fulcher:
1/30/2021. Mr. Fulcher, at last I had the time to read your tome. I find it wonderful not only in content but in readability to a chemical engineer.
I would be interested in a similar review on humble-integrity in psychology, which I think is powered by physiology and imagination.
Am I correct to think “The principle of respect for life and the ethical postulate that like . . . “ should have “life” where “like” is?
It seems that the research physiologist is in a particularly challenging career, because the ethics can only be journaled with complex, interrelated integrity to competing yet prioritized stakeholders. For example, animals must be treated humanely without sacrificing chaos-constraint in human living. And no political philosopher should intervene in the demand that female&male human beings take dominion over living things and subdue the earth (Genesis 1:27–28).
In this one reading, your writing suggests that elected officials have no place in the development of physiological integrity, because politicians’ purpose is power rather than ethics. Politicians don’t understand an Albert Einstein thought I express: Research without integrity is ruinous; integrity without research is ineffectual. Your paragraphs well represent these constraints on your noble work.
I want to study your tome and perhaps write some responses to its issues: it is well worth the courage to do so.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-ultimate-aim-of-political-theory?
Mostly
tyranny over the minds of people.
I
think the political scholar seeks theory that positions elites for tyranny over
fellow citizens. For example, “consent of the governed” coerces citizens to
accept tyranny.
I
know of one exception: the preamble to the U.S. Constitution proffered 5 public
disciplines “in order to” develop responsible human independence “to ourselves
and our Posterity.” Religion is not one of the disciplines, so the proposition
accepts that religion is a private rather than civil pursuit.
However,
Congress, in 1791, imposed “freedom of religion” rather than public integrity
and has enforced the tyranny ever since. The Supreme Court usurps the Supreme
Judge of the world (1776 Declaration of Independence) by approving legislative
prayer. See Greece v Galloway (2014).
We
the People of the United States can hold Congress and the Supreme Court
accountable to the preamble (and the Supreme Judge of the world) as soon as we
decide to constrain chaos to ourselves and our descendants.
https://www.quora.com/Is-ethics-determined-by-a-person-saying-so?
For
societies, a person says so. For example, the pope says so for Roman Catholics.
I
think human-ethics is the journal of discovering the-ineluctable-truth, complete
with research that reached negative conclusions with their instruments of
perception.
https://www.quora.com/Aside-from-equality-under-the-law-which-we-have-to-a-degree-why-is-equality-something-worth-seeking-out-Shouldnt-we-be-seeking-to-be-exceptional?
Aside from equality under the law (which we have to a degree), why
is equality something worth seeking out? Shouldn't we be seeking to be
exceptional?
I
think we should enjoy equity in pursuing perfection of our unique person.
A
Greek, 2400 years suggested in context that civic citizens behave for equity
under statutory justice. How we tolerate equality under law is strange, because
there are so many bad laws.
Each
human being is unique, and perhaps the Greeks recognized individuality but
Western Europe, maybe John Locke, turned the unique development into equality.
I think equality is a legal-judge and lawyer construct. In 2020, We the People
of the United States ought not fall for ideas that pick our pockets.
The
typical human opportunity lasts about 80 years. Maybe a baby starts developing
preferences at age 3. Some babies are fortunate enough to be coached to accept
being human and to take responsibility to develop their person. Rare is the
person who has chosen to be exceptional before 3 decades have passed, and rare
is the person who chose their best way to serve fellow man.
I’m
77 and only recently discovered what I want: humble-integrity.
Many
people discovered humble-integrity at a young age, so I can’t imagine becoming
exceptional among their society. However, I perceive I can perfect my person
before death, wounded and successful as I am from my journey.
https://www.quora.com/How-can-you-experience-total-freedom-from-prejudices?
How can you experience total freedom from prejudices?
First,
accept that you are a human being and therefore can develop the awareness and
grammar by which to connect with fellow-citizens so as to practice
humble-integrity while you responsibly pursue your personal preferences for
living.
Accept
that each human being has the individual power, the individual energy, and the
individual authority (HIPEA) to constrain chaos in their life. Choose to use
HIPEA to develop integrity as a self-interest, recognizing that not every
fellow-citizen chooses fidelity. In fact, some use HIPEA for crime and worse.
Let your example rather than your exhortations influence dissidents to reform.
However, report crime to first responders when you observe it.
The
ineluctably good citizen neither initiates nor tolerates harm to or from any person
or association.
I
write to learn, so please comment.
https://www.quora.com/When-it-comes-to-political-talk-in-the-office-how-can-you-set-a-baseline-of-civil-morality-so-that-employees-with-opposing-viewpoints-dont-end-up-at-each-others-throats?
When it comes to political talk in the office, how can you set a
baseline of civil morality so that employees with opposing viewpoints don't end
up at each other's throats?
First,
view it as an opportunity to develop an achievable better future for your office
and company. Spend the energy to make a case for regular meetings for life and
present it to your employer.
Neither
books nor scholarly opinion are needed. Documents can be read online.
Start
with a sincere discussion of the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. It is the
world’s most powerful proffered-proposition by which civic, civil, legal, and
private morality can be ordered by each fellow-citizen. My interpretation for
me is: Phil Beaver practices the 5 U.S. disciplines---integrity, justice,
peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order to” encourage responsible human
independence to “ourselves and our Posterity.”
A
project: each office mate develops their personal interpretation by which to
pursue the happiness they want. Then share interpretations to discover
improvements from peers’ viewpoints.
In
the end, each person returns to an improved interpretation that supports their
pursuit of happiness and accommodates other group members’ preferences for
them. After this project is complete, the group opens every meeting with the
American flag in the room and unison reading of the original preamble, each
member thinking of their interpretation as they read.
Next,
the group could consider basic acceptances and values. First, accept being a
human being. Second, consider this value: Each human being has the individual
power, the individual energy, and the individual authority (HIPEA) to either
develop humble-integrity or tolerate infidelity. Third, discover the meaning of
“humble-integrity.” Fourth, accept that not every human discovers HIPEA and of
those who do, some choose crime yet are still fellow-citizens. Fifth, consider
that each person is unique; by using HIPEA to develop integrity each can
perfect their unique journey in life.
Next
consider responsibility if you decide you are a human being in the world.
Then,
consider what it means to be a U.S. citizen; what are the responsibilities? Use
some key documents to develop this section. Start by interpreting Genesis 1:28,
recognizing that it came from Mesopotamia 500 years before Judaism, 2000 years
before Christ, and 2600 years before Muhammad. Review Magna Carta, 1215, and
realize the church partnership with the Lords was Roman Catholic. Review the
1689 English Bill of Rights, which requires a Protestant monarchy. Discuss the
1774 Articles of Association by 12 British-American colonies. Analyze the 1776
Declaration of Independence by 13 colonies; note that it represents “the good
People” and appeals “to the Supreme Judge of the world” regarding the war they
are suffering. In other words, the document expresses both civic responsibility
and spiritual humility.
Study
the 1787 U.S. Constitution. Especially notice if it refutes the humility
expressed by the 1776 Declaration. Notice any clues to intentions expressed in
the preamble.
Study
the 1791 Bill of Rights to understand if it comports to the 1776 Declaration
and the 1787 Constitution. Does it contain offenses against those documents
and, if so, what are they?
Study
Abraham Lincoln’s first inaugural address and notice his equivalent to the
Supreme Judge of the world and the expected deliverer, if war comes.
Read
President Trump’s inaugural address.
People
who’d like to own their interpretation of the U.S. preamble may earn it and
discover one of their most prized possessions. I write to learn and would
appreciate comments. Thank you for the question.
https://www.quora.com/Why-Is-the-Bill-of-Rights-Important?
Why Is the Bill of Rights Important?
The 1791 U.S. Bill of Rights
somewhat mimics the 1689 English Bill of Rights, which constitutionally
establishes English-Protestant, Chapter XI Machiavellianism. Congress
unconstitutionally imposed a Protestant tradition, a tyranny the entity We the
People of the United States can terminate, perhaps in 2021.
I will respond with some dots so
you can connect them with your information search-methods, which I bet are
superior to mine.
About 4,000 years ago, there were
3 key events. The Code of Hammurabi, which takes slavery for granted; the development
of the British pagan-empire; and a Mesopotamian suggestion that [the Supreme
Judge of the world] charges man and woman to constrain chaos on earth (Genesis
1:28). Perhaps 700 years later Jewish law emerged, and 2,000 years later, Jesus
was born.
In 1215, English Catholic Bishops
and their land-Lords negotiated with King John to relinquish most political
powers to Parliament. In 1513, Nicolo Machiavelli wrote “The Prince.” In 1517,
Martin Luther initiated the Protestant Reformation. As mentioned above, the
English issued the 1689 Bill of Rights.
In 1774, some of “his majesty's most loyal
subjects” in 12 British-American colonies issued the Articles of Association,
committing to end a list of 14 trade-oppressions including participation in the
slave-trade and demanding local trial-by-jury. With no relief and in war, the
founders issued the 1776 Declaration of Independence. Most free colonists being
factional-American-Protestants, “the good People” appealed to “the Supreme
Judge of the world” to express humble intentions. In other words, they
expressed spiritual humility in their acts for civic-integrity. That is to say,
intentionally or not, they were in humble compliance with Genesis 1:28. With
military providence from France, they won the war for independence and accepted
global status as 13 free and independent states, in 1784.
The confederation of 13 states did not function.
The 1787 and 1791 consequences may be viewed as the end of the founder’s era
and the beginning of not the framers’ era, but the signers era; victory in
physical separation from England and proffered but denied psychological
separation from Protestant Machiavellianism. Scholars perhaps unwittingly
support the tyranny by revering the founding fathers but neglecting the 1776
Supreme Judge of the world and France’s providence.
In 1787, the states, excepting one rebel state,
met to solve domestic weakness by forming a global, united nation. The 55
framers surveyed the known governments. They specified the world’s first
representative republic wherein the people limit both powers to their state and
powers to a 3-branch Union of states. Only 39 of 55 framers signed the document.
The 1787 Constitution in no way lessens the humble-integrity of the 1776
Declaration. But 16 framers dissented for reasons they may/not have known. In
1788, 9 states ratified the draft provided the first Congress would add a Bill
of Rights. In 1789, Congress was seated with representatives from 11 states. By
1791, there were 14 states.
On September 8, 1787, a draft committee
submitted to the 5-delegate Committee of Style draft articles and the preamble.
It simply stated that 13 states ordained and established the constitution for
the USA. The draft contained no statement of purpose. The committee created a
statement of purpose, which I speculate reflects the effects of the entire 1787
secret-convention.
Each U.S. citizen may ignore, consider, or own
an interpretation of the U.S. Preamble. The interpretation I own is this: Phil Beaver practices the 5 citizen’s
disciplines---integrity, justice, peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order
to” influence responsible human independence “to ourselves and our Posterity.”
Notice: the disciplines do not include religion, assigning it a private rather
than civil pursuit. Also, I change “liberty,” which citizens often take as
license to do harm, to “responsible human independence.”
After the 1776 American revolutionary war was
won, the 1787 U.S. Preamble proffered the termination of British-colonial
influence in this country. However, the “politically correct” faction of the
first Congress restored British tradition using the 1791 Bill of Rights.
Congress attempted to usurp the domain of the Supreme Judge of the world.
Today, both Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court avidly protect this tyranny
over We the People of the United States.
In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln
referred to “the Supreme Judge of the world” as “the Almighty Ruler of Nations.” It would surprise me if
President Trump is not humble to these 1776 and 1861 expressions of human
integrity. However, VP Joe Biden would usurp whatever is in control by “saving
the nation’s soul.” Humankind is not charged with saving souls: our duty is to
constrain chaos in our individual lives. Furthermore, many fellow-citizens are
concerned that the Judeo-Christianity they are accustomed to morphed to
Judeo-Catholicism: Citizens need
humble-integrity.
I propose two first steps to hold
Congress accountable to effect the 1787 proffered people’s proposition. First,
amend the First Amendment so as to influence humble-integrity among citizens
rather than promote civil religion. Second, both end legislative prayer and
read in unison the U.S. Preamble as the U.S. flag is presented in ceremony.
A third proposal awaits widespread
individual ownership in the proffered U.S. Preamble: As a condition for voting, 18 year-olds must
express their sincere interpretation of the U.S. Preamble’s proposition, by which
they intend to choose their candidates for election. Each decade, mature
citizens must demonstrate what they have done to aid responsible human
independence under the U.S. Preamble’s proposition. Elected and appointed
officials who establish opposition to the U.S. Preamble are removed from
office.
This is your country. Will you
connect these dots and take action to effect the future you want? I write to
encourage an achievable better future and to learn, and would appreciate
comments.
https://www.quora.com/As-concerns-knowledge-what-do-you-believe-you-really-know/answer/Phil-Beaver-1
My name is Phil.
Early in life, a person may accept that they are a human
being. If so, they may discover the individual power, the individual energy,
and the individual authority (HIPEA) to pursue their person’s unique happiness.
Further, they may use HIPEA to develop humble-integrity. Integrity is
discovered from physics and its progeny, including psychology.
HIPEA can be consigned to neither the Supreme Judge of the
world nor to another human being. Persons who have not both accepted HIPEA and
chosen to use it to develop integrity rather than tolerate infidelity have
little to offer in conversation.
Few persons accept these principles, so most responses to
integrity are at best civilized. A person who uses HIPEA to develop integrity
is better served by reading and responding either to the written perceived-ideas
or to the writer. Writers are unlikely to respond. Most scholars don’t know how
to respond to humble-integrity, so they stonewall their own opportunity to
dialogue.
I think adult entertainment has dissuaded families from the
common sense to prevent government from building $26 trillion debt to
posterity.
https://www.quora.com/q/personalgrowth/Do-you-believe-that-the-pen-is-mightier-than-the-sword-Why?
Do you believe that the pen is mightier than the sword? Why?
Yes.
Sharing what you have discovered stands the test of time,
but force is vanishing. The sword suggests death, which is terminal to
persuasion.
Human development is dynamic on at least three levels:
physical and psychological evolutions, humankind’s discovery of
the-ineluctable-truth, and the individual’s life journey. The degrees of
freedom are exponential, stable, and brief, respectively. We accept that
evolution has transpired during 13.7 billion years, and what humankind does not
know after some 8 trillion person-years of living seems exponential. The
importance of physics in psychological development is relatively new research.
An individual human being enjoys a normal lifespan that can only glance the
enormity of human discovery and imagination.
Yet the person who accepts that they are human may discover
the individual power, the individual energy, and the individual authority
(HIPEA) to develop humble-integrity as they pursue personal happiness during
life’s journey. They learn as fast as they can yet enjoy each choice that comes
their way. However, some humans use HIPEA to take advantage of others. This
introduces an additional variable in human development. The people who value
integrity must accommodate both people who are too immature to appreciate the
self-interest of integrity and fellow citizens who think crime pays.
The criminal may be constrained by incarceration, but must
be persuaded that integrity is in their best interest. Because the human being
is so powerful, persuasion is an internal process that is nourished by reliable
writing that delivers observations that persuade on par with personal
experience.
For example, a person can be persuaded to leave an abuse
family by reading William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” or to remain a spouse
instead of becoming a stranger after a tragic family loss by reading Anton
Chekhov’s “Rothschild’s Fiddle” or to commit to perfecting their unique person
after reading Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Divinity School Address.”
A human being who was subjected to the sword is not likely
to enjoy enlightenment.
Submission in review for
publication.
https://www.quora.com/unanswered/How-can-we-promote-tolerance-in-society?
How can we promote tolerance in society?
I think Agathon, 2,400 years ago suggested that ineluctably
good citizens neither initiate nor tolerate harm to or from anyone or any
association of humans. There’s no room in this principle for tolerance.
The art of political humility is to consider the other
person’s viewpoint in the self-interest to either improve your opinion or
express dispassionate intolerance for the other view. For example, it’s OK with
me if a man thinks he is a woman, but don’t ask me to pay for services to
relieve the angst. The art of political power is to persuade the other party to
forego personal viewpoint and accept another. In my example, to transfer
responsibility for the free-gender believer’s opinion.
Even before I appreciated Agathon as I do, association with
some Unitarian Universalists informed me to accept intolerance toward
tolerance. When I suspect that a person is tolerating me or my opinion, I
change from sincere civic discussion to the weather, or sports, or the latest
Democrat Congressional-outrage or a religious Senator’s disdain for the U.S.
Constitution.
People who adopt the practice of tolerance may live an
entire lifetime never considering that they stonewall themselves by not keeping
personal arrogance secret, a difficult if not impossible task.
The question is, how can humble fellow-citizens inspire
tolerant-persons to reform out of self-interest?
https://www.quora.com/How-much-political-freedom-do-you-think-human-beings-should-be-allowed-to-have?
How much political freedom do you think human beings should be
allowed to have?
You’ve asked a profound question for the U.S. in 2020.
Both the 1776 Declaration of Independence and the 1787 U.S.
Constitution express humble-integrity, which I write about daily these days.
In a culture of humble-integrity there are civic values
requiring personal acceptance: for example, being human, being responsible, and
accepting citizenship.
Among the responsibilities in self-interest is to accept the
constraints of physics, the object of research. For example, the human being
must earn the lifestyle they choose. In other words, they must work for the
income with which to pay the bills. Refusal means either accepting what a
bureaucrat offers or perishing.
Another constraint of physics is geophysical location and
the associated politics. The human being may drift in ignorance or ask: What does it mean to be a citizen? The U.S.
government provides citizens the freedom-to ignore that consideration.
The good citizen behaves to aid equity under statutory
justice. If they discover an unjust law, they obey it while they lobby for
reform. They celebrate when amendment that approaches statutory justice is
effected.
In the U.S., the proffered people’s proposition is the
preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Each citizen may ignore it, consider it, or
interpret it in order to own their civic, civil, legal, and private way of
living with fellow-citizens. Their sincere interpretation is among their most
prized properties.
My interpretation this morning is: Phil Beaver practices the 5 U.S.
disciplines---integrity, justice, peace, strength, and prosperity, “in order
to” encourage responsible human independence “to ourselves and our Posterity.”
Notice that religion is not included as a U.S. discipline; that is consistent
with both the 1776 Declaration and the 1787 Constitution.
We license driving vehicles on public roads. I hope soon we
will see a constitutional amendment that requires not only age 18 but evidence
of trust-in and commitment-to the preamble as a condition for voting.
As always, I propose amending the U.S. First Amendment so as
to encourage humble-integrity rather than religious institutions.
I appreciate your question and would appreciate comments
since I write to learn. If anyone interrupts our conversation, you can find my
response at cipbr.blogspot.com for the week ending 11/14/2020. Also, this
morning I’ll post it on my FB.
Prepared but not published yet
I'm hoping to connect with
people who are open-minded to discover, re-establish, and preserve the
humble-integrity the founders expressed in the U.S. Declaration of
Independence, the framers affirmed in the 1787 U.S. Constitution, and the
signers extended to the living "ourselves and our Posterity" on
September 17, 1787. That is to say, to unlock President Trump's promise to make
America great by terminating at last the
conservation of British-American colonial tradition so as to develop the
U.S. constitutional intention to discover the humble-integrity posterity's
posterity will discover.
Facebook post
https://www.facebook.com/fred.bear.3323457?composeropen=1
Fred, happy birthday and many more. It is
nice to think of you today and take the occasion to thank you for the notion
"the Supreme Judge of the world" is red, not to lessen the evidence
that God is red.
I'm segueing to my recent study-leap to
the 1776 civic higher-power referenced in the 1776 USA "Declaration of
Independence." They looked to the Supreme Judge of the world respecting
their war decision. The 1774 founders were wise to not attempt to attribute to
God acts of war or reaction-to-oppression in order to take full responsibility.
The 1787 U.S. Constitution says nothing that lessens the 1776
humble-integrity. If we can return to that civic-integrity, fellow-citizens can
establish peace at last.
The above paragraph suggests an explanation for the USA's long-standing offer
to buy tribal lands and acceptance of the answer "No." The deal is
negotiated in humble-integrity. Indigenous peoples may choose: unconditionally
join the USA or remain nations within a nation. In other words, as long as the
ethnic nations say "No" the USA maintains the integrity of its
multinational status. The Indigenous peoples thus have a status that differs if
not exceeds that of born-citizens and immigrants. On the other hand, by
demanding two citizenships, they assume a lower status, more or less, depending
on volunteering/not to be members of We the People of the United States---much
as other dissidents to the people's proposition, the preamble, do.
After your birthday, I'd love to read
your comments, Fred, about these recent parts of my study.
Phil
Notable writers I won’t read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Kymlicka (deciding
not to buy “The Trouble with Being Born”
Wishing Fred Bear happy birthday, I
got into multiculturalism for the first time and discovered a book deemed
excellent; https://www.amazon.com/Multicultural-Citizenship-Liberal-Minority-Political/dp/0198290918#customerReviews.
Some highlights from the commenter include:
1.
Multiculturalism as multination states (Indian
tribes in America) and non-assimilating immigrants as national minorities (AOC
and her squad): I perceive 1) ineluctably reliable citizen, 2) dual citizen, 3)
voluntary, appreciative citizen, and 4) civic dissidents. Assimilation reduces
chaos, and immigrants reduce chaos in their lives if they retain ethnic ceremonies
and aid U.S. disciplines: integrity, justice, peace, strength, and prosperity.
2.
“Self-governance” is a British, scholarly myth,
and the preamble to the U.S. Constitution proffered public discipline “in order
to” encourage humble-integrity “to ourselves and our Posterity.”
3.
“Special representation” in a culture of equity
according to statutory justice preserves chaos.
4.
“Polytechnic rights” ought not override safety,
much as church-confessionals ought not protect crime.
5.
I hold that citizens who do not own an interpretation
of the U.S. Preamble by which they manage their civic, civil, legal, and
private living ought not be licensed to vote.
My
comment: I appreciate Mr. Mouw's views. I do not support civil
multiculturalism. Nevertheless, I think each human being should responsibly
pursue the happiness he or she prefers. By "responsibly" I mean
accepting the duty to constrain chaos in his or her life's journey. The human
species is the only one on earth with the awareness and grammar by which to
mutually develop humble-integrity. In fact, that is the human responsibility on
earth: establish peace. After taking care of that duty, a person ought to
pursue any interest they choose, be it preservation of a culture, mastering
several cultures, or promoting good will in every human connection, even when
they encounter dissident fellow citizens.
Phil
Beaver does not “know.” He trusts in and is committed to the-objective-truth which
can only be discovered. Conventional wisdom has truth founded on reason, but it
obviously does not work.
Phil is agent
for A Civic People of the United States, a Louisiana, education non-profit
corporation. See online at promotethepreamble.blogspot.com, and consider essays
from the latest and going back as far as you like.
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