Society of Human Kind

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The Society of HumanKind | THE FAMILY | There is no necessary or logical connection between an acceptance of the Axioms and choice of the Dogma as the foundation for our moral and social lives, and the family as the basic unit of human society. The Axioms of the Society of HumanKind give no reason or justification for the existence of our species, let alone any of our social relationships. This consequence of the Axioms is encapsulated in the Principle of Unity; is examined in the Treatise on the Individual; and is further explored in this second founding book of the Society, in the Essay on Equality. In all those places it is recognised that the Axioms are entirely neutral in these matters. They propose that neither our existence nor any aspect of our social organisation has any inherent reason or purpose. They say that if we had never emerged on our planet nothing in the universe would compel our presence, or any particular form of human society. SOCIETY We cannot derive the necessity for any of our social structures or relationships from the Axioms. Yet our species seem always to have had some kind of family unit as the building block of its society. The Society of HumanKind cannot ignore that simple observation. It creates a requirement that the Society should deal with the question of the status of the family as a human institution. The preceding discussion shows however, that the Society cannot begin with any assumption that family life is in some way inherent in our species, or a necessary feature of our social life. The view of the Society on the institution of the family begins from that statement. No need or requirement for our species to live in that kind of relationship can be derived from the Axioms. However, the Society is not based solely on the Axioms. It uses Axiomatic freedom to choose the Dogma as the purpose of its existence, and then
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