I had this idea just now, of a UN ethics council. They would put together a survey and every person in the world fills it out. Everyone writes down the things they want everyone to learn, only, religion, and science cannot be included in your submission. The survey would look something like this:
"If you woke up and there was no science or religion tomorrow, what would be the things you would want every person on the planet to learn in order to be a good person, and to be successful with people, and life in general. Please, do not mention God or science in your answers. For this questionnaire, assume that not even you have religion or science in your own life. And that the concept of both are forgotten, and in fact never known. Assume that everyone has a universally high intelligence, and everyone can understand language, and that everyone has the ability to live, eat, shelter, everything needed to survive. Do not think about how this world would look, what conveniences we would or would not have, nor how such ideas will be taught/enforced, only the question of what you would want every person on the planet to know and learn in order to be a good person and to be successful with other people, and with life in general."
Please, I urge everyone who reads to take this survey. And leave your answers in the 'comments' area of this blog.
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