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I think that society should introduce 7 fundamental rules, which would be above the law. No law may overwrite those rules, change them or be against them:

  1. One should act with compassion and empathy
  2. One's own sense of justice must be put above the law
  3. Bodily freedom is supreme
  4. Freedoms of others, including freedom to offend, must be respected. One who violates the freedom of others gives up their freedom
  5. Unscientific beliefs are not allowed
  6. All who commit wrongdoing must rectify it.
  7. Above rules are interpreted according to common sense

Another thing I want to introduce, which is not a formal law, is optional taxation. People may choose not to pay taxes, but they would need to pay for public services.

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[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 22 hours ago

like the serial killer. also religious rules. after all believing in god is common sense. well the right god. and those who feel its common sense not to just don't have commone sense or the right personal code of morality. honestly im getting away from the point. anyone can break the so yes. it is throwing out the law.

[-] NotAgaug@lemmy.cafe 0 points 22 hours ago

If somebody does something bad, they forfeit their freedom and must rectify.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 22 hours ago

so law is enforced and their freedom curtailed despite their sense of justice and common sense. What the heck is the point of this whole post then? lets have a list of feel good rules that don't matter in how we do things?

[-] NotAgaug@lemmy.cafe 0 points 21 hours ago

This would be different than the current system. Justice over arbitrary law. fairness over unfairness and freedom over oppression.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago

how so if it makes no difference in being arrested? basically it sounds more like a religious thing at that point and I would take the seven tenets over these.

[-] NotAgaug@lemmy.cafe 1 points 21 hours ago

Those rules are directly based on 7 tenets of the satanic temple.

how so if it makes no difference in being arrested?

What do you mean?

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 21 hours ago

yeah so as a religion fine. you can have the common sense thing and such. but in an actual legal system it would not work. and what I mean by making no difference is that you will be arrested based on law regardless of these rules as you outlined before in the thread. so they make no difference. so yeah. feel good religion. personal philosophy. all good. part of legal system. not specific enough.

[-] NotAgaug@lemmy.cafe 1 points 21 hours ago

This doesn't need to be specific, because you can use common sense. This is a serious proposal.

You can say that an officer who arrests you is taking away your freedom and therefore forfeits their freedom.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 21 hours ago

yeah see. so it basically works like no law. the officer and non officer will be attempting to arrest each other. also known as fighting. you may see it as serious but you just don't seem to get that law has to be specific. some of our biggest issues in the modern age are laws not being specific enough and being interpreted badly. and again that is with stuff written pretty specifically.

[-] NotAgaug@lemmy.cafe 0 points 21 hours ago

Normal laws have to be interpreted literally, but here you interpret them according to common sense

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 19 hours ago

ugh. we are at an impasse here. I can't really explain the problem better about consistancy and laws being specific. one mans common sense is anothers nonsense.

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