Jim Macdonald

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MY BELIEFS

Humanity, as the species of highest functionality, impacts on and bears responsibility for all forms of life.
Morality is the foundation for behavioural guidance. Life is short; both good and bad will come your way; make the best of it, and do not cause difficulty for others. Love and friendship are precious and deserve to be appreciated. Be joyful and happy.
Every human culture has had standards or conventions of conduct that facilitate communication, reason, fairness and resolution of conflict. Without ethics, human civilization would not have evolved.
This basic guideline is almost universal and if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Each person is a singular, unique entity and has ownership of their life, health, safety, thoughts and emotions.
Each person has a right to think, believe and feel as they choose. The validity of those thoughts, beliefs and emotions may not be evident to others, and may be diminished by inadequate information or reason, personal biases, predispositions and misjudgements.
Rights should be equitable for all, regardless of any attribute (gender, heritage, health, sexual orientation) ; Security includes safety; Freedom includes from oppression, slavery and confinement.
Accuracy of communication and willingness to understand are helpful to timely and respectful resolution of conflict.
Insufficient information, shallow thinking, reliance on instinct, bias, bigotry and narrowness of mind are common barriers to good judgement.
Emotions such as anger, hatred and jealousy or practices such as deception, bullying, intimidation and intransigence are destructive and prejudicial. Incidentally, these are characteristic in several deities.
Abuse includes physical, sexual and emotional. Indoctrination corrupts. Morality studies show children have an innate sense of fairness. That natural sensibility is easily distorted with gender expectations, ("boys will be boys", the "princess" role for girls) and flawed values.

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