Equal Human Rights Will Build a Good Society Unconditionally
Many people believe that escaping humankind's deeply flawed history will come from a high level of knowledge that people cannot understand. The output should be based on the work of great thinkers such as Jesus, Buddha, Mohammad, Kant, Hegel, Marx, etc. However, following these people does not put us on the right path. The fact that we still haven't created a good society confirms that.
But why not try to find a common denominator among all positively oriented philosophies and develop it? That might produce a good result. I think that all contemporary philosophers agree that people have to have equal rights. The development and acceptance of equal human, civil, legal, constitutional, and other rights worldwide confirm that relationships between people are evolving toward equal rights.
But as a result of this effort, do we, the people, have equal rights today? No, we do not! Equal rights are established on paper, but in reality, rights are not equal among people. The president of your country may send you to war, and you cannot do it to them. Your boss may abuse or fire you, and you cannot do it to them. Your teacher may force you to accept knowledge, but you cannot do the same to them. Where are the equal human rights here?
Authorities impose their will on the people, who must follow it. Such a relationship creates, on one side, privileged people, and on the other side, deprived ones. This creates a major social problem. I wrote more about this in the article Privileges are evil. Privileges are the biggest mistake humanity has ever made. I saw it firsthand, so it wasn't hard for me to research ideas about equal human rights over the past 25 years. That means you don't need to search for an escape from today’s social problems in profound philosophy. The exit lies at a very shallow level of philosophy.
Equal human rights primarily include the right of all people to participate equally in the decision-making processes on all issues of common interest in society. Today, democracy implements that right to some extent, but it is not efficient enough at meeting people's needs. Besides, democracy cannot meet individual needs, so many people remain unsatisfied. Aware of this, I have developed a simple idea that can represent the needs of every individual and society as a whole. This will be achieved by mutual evaluation among people, which I call democratic anarchy.
Each person will get an equal right to evaluate, let’s say, three people positively and three people negatively every month. Each positive evaluation will bring a small award to the assessed person, and each negative assessment will result in a small punishment. This will direct everyone in society to respect everyone's needs, create the greatest possible convenience for the community, and reduce or eliminate any forms of inconvenience. Thus, equal rights among people will create a good society. I wrote more about it in the article Democratic Anarchy is the Future of Democracy.
Equal rights among people require that every person has the right to work. In theory, this is a highly developed right, but in practice, unemployment remains normalized. Shortening working hours proportionally to the unemployment rate will eliminate unemployment. It will increase the demand for workers and their salaries. Workers will be able to purchase more, the economy will grow, and society will prosper. I wrote more about it in the article "Full Employment Is a Turning Point of Capitalism."
Human rights should be further developed to ensure every person has equal access to every public workplace at any time through a new division of labour. The best available worker will get every job. Only this should be called socialism. Socialism will be more productive than capitalism, so the latter will go down in history as less effective. You can find more about this in my article The Future of Economics. People will accept socialism in the distant future as a final step in abolishing privileges and unequal rights in society.
All social evil starts with unequal rights among people, and it will be entirely removed when equal rights are established. Then, the president would not dare to call for war, managers would not hire or fire workers, and teachers would no longer teach material that does not interest students. The consistent acceptance of equal rights among people will solve all social problems. And there is no other realistic way to achieve a good society. Everything I wrote in my philosophy results from developing this idea.