The killing of a person, especially by shooting them in the face, does not meet the criteria and is not a desired future condition in our world. Those criteria are loving, sharing, caring, giving, forgiving, genuine kindness, striving to bring about conditions of comfort, joy, love, hope, unity, equity, faith, and sustainable, striving happiness. The criterion can also be used as relative indicators as well. However, for example, in this situation using the Boolean indicators, the shooting of Renee Good (her mom named her Renee Nicole) does not meet the loving standard, the caring standard, the giving concept, the sharing concept, the forgiving criteria, and is not Genuine kindness. Furthermore, the actions of the officer do not bring about conditions of comfort, joy, love, hope, unity, equity, faith, nor sustainable, striving happiness. These are the criteria by which we can assess our own actions in the future, instead of relying on reactionary law. Likewise, this act of violence does not meet natural earth, striving, natural humanity, striving, natural spirituality, striving, and natural, healthy, living, striving earth ethics either. Maybe we ought to make a transition to this new system before it’s too late for others.
Acts of extreme violence, particularly those executed with such brutal disregard for human life, stand in stark opposition to the foundational principles upon which any truly desirable future society must be built. Our collective aspiration, the very blueprint for a thriving civilization, is predicated on fostering environments of profound compassion, mutual respect, and generative goodwill. This encompasses the virtues of love, empathy, generosity, forgiveness, and genuine kindness – all working in concert to cultivate conditions of comfort, boundless joy, enduring hope, authentic unity, fundamental equity, unwavering faith, and sustainable, striving happiness.
When we witness tragedies such as the shooting of Renee Good , it becomes painfully evident how utterly disconnected such actions are from these vital ethical standards. They are antithetical to the very essence of love, care, generosity, and genuine kindness we profess to uphold. Moreover, the consequences of such acts invariably dismantle any semblance of comfort, joy, love, hope, unity, equity, or sustainable happiness, instead sowing seeds of trauma, division, fragmentation, conflict, controversy, and despair within our communities.
These deeply human values must serve as the unequivocal criteria by which we critically evaluate our individual and collective actions, moving beyond a sole reliance on reactive legal, laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures frameworks. True holistic justice (social and environmental) and progress demand a proactive, values-driven holistic introspection. Furthermore, this violent paradigm betrays not only our innate humanity but also our profound connection to the natural world. It fails to align with the intrinsic ethics of sustainable coexistence, natural spirituality, and healthy, thriving life on Earth.
It is imperative that we collectively commit to a fundamental transition towards this integrated, values-based system – not merely as an aspiration, but as an urgent and deliberate transition essential for the flourishing of all, before the irreversible toll becomes too great.