FINAL ADVOCACY
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Humanianity is the emergence of an improvement in our species' ethics, which if it does successfully occur
to a much greater extent will lead to a far better way of life on this planet than we have ever known so far. This website is just
one more effort to promote that continuing emergence, perhaps (hopefully) making its ultimate success a little more likely and its rate
of emergence a little more rapid.
But this website is also a set of tools to help any individual work more effectively on the
development of an ever-improving basic ethical philosophy, that can be highly beneficial for that individual and those close to
him or her.
So participation by that individual can be for two purposes, (1) to benefit himself or herself and those close to him
or her and (2) to provide a sense of satisfaction and enthusiasm in knowing that he or she is participating in something very, very
important for the future of our species.
With regard to this second purpose, if you wish to have any part in our effort to promote not only the survival of our species but also more joy, contentment,
and appreciation and far, far less human-caused pain, suffering, disability, and early death, for everyone, now and in the future, then the first
question is whether such is possible. It may or may not be possible, and if possible, the odds may be great or small. If it is
possible, but the odds are low, you will have to decide whether, even if it fails, you wish to be one of those who tried, and, if it does come about,
you wish to be one of those who helped to bring it about.
We do know that for it to succeed, more and more people will have to
make the decision to join the effort, and for them to do so, they will tend to have to see that others are deciding to do so, this being
a process sometimes referred to as a "movement." So your participation, in any way, helps promote that movement.
You must try to decide wisely how to spend the minutes of your life. You know
that many efforts of this sort have been flawed and unsuccessful, so you should continuously evaluate critically any and all
ideas that you come across. But in addition, if something doesn't seem right, it would be best to make an effort to subject such
concern to the critiquing of others, recognizing that it is easy for us to be mistaken, and that the best way to correct
misunderstanding is to subject one's ideas to evaluation by others who believe differently, with the specific effort to understand
why such difference in opinion exists, so as to identify anything that one may have overlooked or been prone to avoid recognizing.
And this website is designed as a set of tools to assist in that effort.
It is important to recognize that, if you do indeed see the worthwhileness of this project, the most important
thing you can do is build your own Belief Manual (and share and compare it with others), in that the more people who participate,
the more convinced others will be that there may be value in doing the same, and that the second most important thing you can do
is advocate to others that they explore and discuss these concepts, perhaps especially in any groups assembled for the purpose
of discussing ethical issues, such as religious groups.
And if the Humanianity project is successful, and if by virtue of your participation this third exponential change for
our species occurs just a few minutes earlier than it would have, then your participation will most likely have saved quite a few lives and prevented quite a bit of tragedy over the course of the future of our species.
Whether or not that does occur, working on your own basic ethical philosophy, utilizing the tools provided by this website, should be of significant value to you and those relatively close to you.
Let us work together toward finally becoming empathetically identified, not only with our group(s), but
with our species globally, with a strong and effective ethical concern for the benefit of everyone, now and yet to come, while
working on being the best we can be to ourselves and each other, right now.