TEN: Rules for Being a Good Person in the 21st Century

by Michael Doherty

Good and evil, right and wrong, are these concepts that still mean something in the modern age? The answer is an emphatic “yes”, more than ever! In an age in which humanity has gained the ability to destroy all life on Earth, actions that threaten the existence and quality of life itself are evil, and those that seek to protect life or make it better are good. And each one of us, every day, in every decision we make as a citizen and a consumer, is making the choice between good and evil.

Beginning from this ethical starting point, author Michael Doherty asks whether it would be possible for us to do what was done for a much simpler society three thousand years ago, namely, to come up with ten simple rules by which to live our lives as good people. Finding the answer leads through topics as diverse as climate change and overpopulation, nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors, artificial intelligence and space exploration, religious wars and plastics. Step-by-step, in plain language, the most complex, existential issues of our day are explored and dissected, and the inevitable consequences of our choices are laid bare.

As a prescription for humanity as a whole and for each of us individually, the ten rules that result are a prescription for human survival and for individual redemption, if we choose to follow them. But whether we each decide to follow the rules or to break them, first we have to know what they are!

126 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2022

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