An Ideal Society

Ultimately it is as important for individuals to practice virtuous behavior , quite conscious of the attempt to attain virtue , and to modulate behavior and impulse with a highly developed sense of moderation

In my ideal society , religion would be primarily left to the individual and there would be no government sanctioning or endorsement of any single religion . Again , this is an impossible social requirement , but the vision of utopia I have would not contain the existence of exclusionary religions , religious ideas taught in public schools or religious ideas being used as

a basis for common morality . Instead , a civil ethic would replace what has in the past been seen as a religious ethic . Because my ideal society would contain neither organized religion or money , I believe that the two most important barriers to personal liberty and happiness would be removed from most people 's lives . Because self-determination would be the highest priority in my utopia , family conflicts and other interpersonal relationships would also play a less-permanent role in people 's lives , encouraging them to view all people as equal

To my mind all immoral and non-virtuous behavior in human beings emerges from ego , selfishness , narcissism , and the inability to sustain an empathy and communal vision which , contrary to Aristotle , who said "The project of the Ethics is incomplete because the end in practical matters is to become virtuous , not to know about virtue , and words can achieve this only among the young who are already in love with the noble , not among the many who follow their passions and have no notion of the noble (Aristotle 1 ) I do believe is inborn and innate . In fact I would attribute most of the suffering , crime , war , and tragedy in the world to humanity 's collective inability to perceive and nurture these...