The Ethical Guideline/Triform

This is rather simple. In fact, I'll out line it for you right here. The base ethical guideline iiiiiiis:

Everyone has the innate right to life, liberty and property, and these rights may only be limited (Never removed) in punishment of another's rights to the same.

See! Simple. Now you may be saying to yourself. "Gee whiz, Colonel (yes, your calling me Colonel in this thought. Shush, I can dream), I think I've seen this somewhere before. Are you plagiarizing someone else?" Well to answer that question, no, no I'm not. I'm not plagiarizing, because I'm citing my source! HAH! Thought you could trick me. I'm on to all of you. There are two places I've gotten this from. One is, of course, various documents from the founding of the United States, specifically the Declaration of Independence (Pursuit if Happiness, I know. I'm getting to that.) The other is this neat little flash video called the Philosophy of Liberty (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/67084) (Watch this, its gooood. It can be viewed many ways too, so even the Libertarians can agree!). So my thoughts aren't completely original. But anywho, lets break this down. We got life, liberty and property.. but what are they, in the constraints to the guideline. Well, here we go.

Life:
The right to life encompasses the right to live your own life, both in a literal and figurative way. Your life is your own and no one else’s. This means that laws and such are to protect your life, which includes protecting you from injury or death. You have the right to basic necessities of life as well. These include, but are not limited to, health care, shelter, and food and water, as well as the right to employment, and a livable income.

Liberty:
Hand in hand with the right to life is the right to liberty. Not only do you have the right to live your life, but you have the right to live it the way you want to, as long as your not infringing on anyone else’s rights, (Sorry Fundies, them’s the breaks). Does this mean you must accept and agree with the lifestyle of your neighbor? No. It does mean however, that if your neighbor's gay, you don't get a say in whether or not they get marriage benefits.. You also have the right to disagree with the authorities and powers that be without fear of harm, oppression, or backlash. The right to liberty also includes the right to privacy in your person and property, the rights of due process when charged with a crime, right to a speedy trial, and right to free and unrestricted travel, among many others.

Property:
The odd duck in the ethical triform here, but people have a right to a reasonable income, and with that right, the right to own private property and land, as well as the right to proper compensation should this property or land be used by any private entities or the government. This does not extend, however, to not paying taxes. You have the right to a livable and reasonable income, but not paying taxes would, respecting the cost of government programs, deny the rights to life and liberty to fellow citizens. Also, with respect to the extent of government programs, they can slap an 80% tax on you, if they desire and its necessary, but they must provide proper social compensation, for this is, in effect, taking or using your assets in a way they use any private property. Compensation may include providing for the social welfare, providing defense, maintaining the highways, and providing relative luxuries to its citizens and tax-payers.

Two last things need to be addressed though. The first is dealing with conflicts. Anytime a conflict occurs (as in, the above rights clash, and you can only have one or the other), a compromise shall be reached. You should be very wary over people saying one is more important then another. They are all equal. The second is, who is covered? Citizens? Tax-Payers? The answer is everyone is covered. Neither citizenship, nor tax-payment is a prerequisite, as these are basic human rights.

Did I miss something? Leave something out? Do you see a horrific problem in my thinking, and feel a burning, irresistible desire to tell me about it? Post it up. Remember, We need officers!

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