Definition

Moral Principle is everyone should strive for excellence.

Discussion

Distinction Between a Legal Standard and a Moral Standard

Through the Legal Principle, the Live and Let Live Movement holds a universal standard for law. This means the law must not enable people to aggress upon anyone.

In other words, everyone is subject to, and protected by the same standard of law.

The same is not so for standards of morality.

Imposing one’s subjective moral standards upon another without consent denies the exclusive control of that other person’s body.

Initiating a limitation upon another’s exclusive control of hir or her body is aggressing.

Integrating moral standards in the law, and enforcing such law, breaks the Legal Principle.

When the law conflates moral standards as mandatory rules, the law becomes a direct pathway to aggressing.

Ensuring no morals enter the law is a key feature of the Legal Principle.

From the freedom enabled in a society through the Legal Principle, there remains a need for people to identify with, aspire to and follow certain moral standards.

When such moral standards are kept outside of the law, they enable a free society to move towards peace.

Accordingly, achieving peace requires a voluntarily-adopted standard of morals.

This is the basis, and importance, of the Moral Principle to strive for excellence.

Moving from Freedom to Peace

The Moral Principle includes aspirational values.

the Live and Let Live Movement encourages individuals to be tolerant, at least to an appropriate extent, as well as kind, reasonable and honest.

This is not because behaving in such manners should be a legal requirement, but because demonstrating these qualities is a civil way to engage with other people.

Practising civility within an environment of self-sovereignty is a direct path to peace.

Following the Legal Principle enables individuals in society to be free.

Embracing the Moral Principle uses this freedom as a platform from which universal peace may emerge.