WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW

12 essential reforms for surviving the 21st century

An Introduction to Political Humanism - a theory of well-being

 

 

CONTENTS:

 

An Introduction to Political Humanism

• A theory of societal well-being

• The HWix12 algorithm of ‘What The People Want’ – A post-Utilitarian approach

• Consciousness of Self, of Social Self, of society and the Physical World

• Political Humanism as a stand-alone political theory

• Post-Liberal NOT illiberal – comparing ideologies

• Opposing neoliberalism while also rejecting Marxism

 

1 Democratic Reform – MagnaSocia, Evolving Our Democracy

• The Problem with the established, so called, democracy

• Context: Developments in democracy

• Solution: the ‘new model that makes the existing model obsolete’

 

2 Constitutional Reform – A very British Constitution

• The Problem with referring to ‘social values’ without a codified Constitution

• Context: How Constitutions came about and why they prove useful

• Solution: What A British Constitution could look like and what it would improve

 

3 Autonomous Executive Reform – Compassion by Design

• Context: The separation of powers argument

• The Problem with unseparated political powers in the UK

• Solution: An autonomous Executive designed to achieve societal ambitions

• About the 12 Executive Branches

• Just an idea: The Citizoid App

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4 Regulatory Reform – Authority Without Accountability Leads to Tyranny

• The Problem with unaccountable executive powers

• Context: Where lack of regulation fails us: policing, planning and power

• Solution: Regulators with real-time constitutional powers to oversee the Executive

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5 Tax System Reform -Assigned Taxation- Equilibrium, Efficiency & The Moral Imperative

• The Problem with the Chancellor of The Exchequer and the tax system

• Context: British history of taxation and offshore tax havens

• Solution: Assigning each taxation directly towards a prescribed societal aim

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6 Financial & Banking Reform – Sovereign Money, Collective Sustainable Economics

• Foreword – This book’s most ambitious idea

• The Problem with our money system – private banks creating money as debt

• Context: A short history of the global money scam & how they continue to pull it off

• Solution: The Pound belongs to the tax paying citizens who maintain its value

• How To Make It Happen – The Sensible Transition

• Why Crypto-Currency is not a suitable alternative

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7 Economic Reform - #PopCapitalism, Economic Policy for Populations not Corporations

• The Problem with our ‘Oligarchic’ form of Capitalism

• Context: What exactly is neo-liberal economics and how are its arguments presented

• Solution: The Economics of Well-being

• Presenting ‘The State Sandwich’ – a dynamic bedrock for the free-market economy

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8 Justice Reform – Justice by the principles of ‘cause and effect’

• The Problem with our existing justice and penal system

• Context: Understanding human developments in morality and justice

• Solution: Reparation, Rehabilitation and Redemption

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9 Health Reform – Nation Health & Wellness

• The Problem with applying neo-liberal economics to our health system

• Context: Underfunding and designing to fail

• Solution: Holistic Planning - Integrating Medical and Mental Health with Social Care and Physical and Dietary Health

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10 Education Reform – Individual & Societal Progressiveness

• The Problem with our education system

• Solution: Re-evaluating the role of education in society

• Modes of Learning in context to Self, Social Self and Physical World

• The notion of societal evolution

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11 Environmental Reform – Anthropocene Redesign – Learning To Live Symbiotically

• The Problem with our relationship to the environment

• The Environment vs Economy argument

• A War on Information

• Context: Human evolutions and the invention of capitalism

• Solution:         Part 1 Moving from parasitic to mutualistic

Part 2 Recognising 12 Ecological Boundaries as a framework

Part 3 How best to delegate eco-responsibility

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12 Global Relations Reform – The Oneness of Humanity

• Political Humanism as a global solution, HWix12 as a global standard

• Developing Nations - A United People (in contrast to the United Nations)

• One World Alliance: What can be achieved through global collaboration

• What Britain can and should do

 

Summary - How to make the world a better place - What YOU can do

 

Appendix A:  A very British Constitution

Appendix B: The Citizoid App in further detail