Truth → Rights → Law + kindness = 3L Philosophy

• The Live and Let Live (3L) Philosophy is based on a truth we hold to be self-evident: only you can act according to your will.

• From this truth emerges a coherent theory of ‘rights’. Specifically, that you are the rightful owner/steward and exclusive controller of you (the opposite of self-ownership being complete or partial slavery).

  • It follows that, if your body is your legal property, the possessions you obtain in exchange for your work or from gifts are also your property, and so on.
  • From this right of self-ownership stems the right to self-defense, and the accompanying right to a fair trial.

• It is possible for others to impose their will on you - we call this ‘aggressing’. Because no one wants to be aggressed against (ask yourself if that’s true for you), ‘not aggressing’ forms the common fundamental moral root that anchors a civilized society; it is the ‘least common denominator’ of what all reasonable people agree on.

• From this common fundamental moral root, the Live and Let Live Principle (AKA the Legal Principle) emerges: ‘don’t aggress’.

  • It can be paraphrased as: ‘each of us is free to live our lives in any way we choose so long as we allow others that same freedom’.
  • It applies equally to all individuals, groups, corporations, and governments.
  • The Legal Principle offers a formula to fairly resolve all commonly disputed topics. It provides the legal protection that allows for full responsibility.

• When all adhere to this basic principle, freedom will be achieved, but not peace. 3L’s mission is global peace, which is why we also add the voluntary Aspirational Values as the second half of the 3L philosophy.

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