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Monomorality
Some world leaders stand out from the crowd, and when we examine why, we see that their actions were grounded in monomorality. Among those who have taught monomorality are Buddha, Jesus Christ, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu. Monomorality is a fundamental element of the restorative justice movement that is growing world wide. It is leaders of this genre that MetaUnited seeks to cultivate and support.
Monomorality, i.e. the same morality applied to all, would be recognized in the popular culture as the idea of "do unto others as you would have them do unto you," "love your enemies," and "love thy neighbor as thyself."
The strength of monomorality, the same morality applied to friend and foe a like, is that it puts an end to the double standard and hypocrisy of dual morality. Since we want to be respected and loved, we must treat all others with respect and love. Responsibility for one's acts cannot be transferred to anyone else. The buck stops here.
Monomorality is the only means to bring the endless cycle of violence fueled by dual morality to an end. As an enormous benefit, it frees up vast resources that can then be invested in the well-being of our people and it mobilizes human capital to create peace from which everyone benefits. As monomorality spreads, conditions become better for everyone, even for those who were formerly exercising dual morality, killing one another while thinking it just.
Monomorality worked well with the Marshall Plan when we extended aide to the German "enemies," as well as to our allies, and supported economic recovery for friend and foe alike. In so doing, we helped build the foundation of a lasting peace previously unknown among the major European powers.
Mahatma Gandhi, wearing a loin cloth and bare footed, drove the British Empire from India using the monomorality approach. Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu stopped a blood bath from continuing by using it in South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Trials. And Martin Luther King, Jr. ended centuries of repression, not with violence, but with peaceful civil disobedience grounded in monomorality.
Monomorality is like living with a whole mind in which trust can arise. However, moving from a tradition of dual morality to a tradition of monomorality is not without its challenges, as those who have given it a try will attest.
What is possible in government has not even been tried, much less accomplished.
With the proliferation of weapons of mass destructionatomic bombs and worse on the wayin the hands of nations that thrive on dual morality, we will not survive if dual morality continues to underpin the national policy of nations in the nuclear "club." Weapons capable of killing millions of people at a time in the hands of those who live in the worldview of dual morality will destroy us. War has existed throughout the ages, but never before has technology with such destructive capacity been the weapons of war. With the technology that now exists, we must consciously move to monomorality if we are to survive.
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