Morality is the system of subjective principles and values that distinguish right from wrong.

Many moral principles are widely accepted, like honesty, fairness, kindness and tolerance - these are reflected in the Live and Let Live Moral Principle.

The common fundamental root of the moral values shared by all reasonable people is that we should not aggress against each other. Live and Let Live therefore enshrines prevention of aggression in the Legal Principle, the only mandatory principle of the two.

Beyond this, our Moral Principle is neither prescriptive nor mandatory because there is no objectively ‘correct’ morality. Morality is a personal preference and situationally dependent, meaning that what is ‘right’ action in one time and place may be ‘wrong’ in another.

Because there is disagreement about what constitutes ‘moral’ behavior, when one group forcefully subjects their moral beliefs onto another, conflict arises. Democracy is the system in which the majority force their morality onto the minority; the tyranny of the majority. Even if we completely agree with the current majority, that majority’s morality changes over times, so its likely that you will one day find yourself in the minority being subjected to a moral framework that you disagree with.

Achieving global peace requires that we take morality out of the law, leaving the law to be that which all reasonable minds agree on; the Legal Principle.

In absence of using force, we can still persuade others to adopt our preferred morality via reasoned argument and living by example. ‘Be the change you want to see in the world’ - Mahatma Gandhi