What is Corruption? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain. It’s essentially the protection racket: unless you pay me, you will be threatened and you will not get what you want; even though they are legally required to provide aservice. Corruption: why is this a secular (real) sin? It causes individual and societal harm causing everyone to be poorer and bullies to be crueler. Because it breaks the golden rule of ethical requirements. Kant : Categorical Imperative. The same rule must apply to everyone. Copernicus : Anthropomorphic principle. You are not the center of world, Dawkins : Intelligent Design: Morals must be supported with reason. Dennet : The basis of morals come from evolution, but they are not constrained by it. Ethics must be universal : All men are created equal in the eyes of the law (the state must not play favorites...
The Scientific Method applied to groups of People
“But what…is it good for?” – Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968 (commenting on the microchip).
Solutions, not platitudes. Do-good, results oriented planning and solution building. Share the knowledge that makes the future better, then put it into practice. We are the rational optimists that make the world better for everyone.
Faith. Religion. Science. Does the difference make a difference?