What is the 3L Philosophy
- As the name implies, the 3L Philosophy recognises that everyone has a right to live free. Those in the 3L Movement aim to use that freedom for the highest good; for peace and harmony. ‘Don’t aggress’ is the Legal Principle that protects this right to live free. This law is anchored in a truth we hold to be self-evident: that each of us is free. This Principle covers all victim-crimes, including coercion, theft, fraud, pollution, and threats of harm. It factors in unavoidable grey areas (like the definition of ‘reasonableness’) by letting local communities decide how to interpret and resolve them. The 3L Movement diagnoses and addresses society’s biggest challenges, existential threats and injustices – they all stem from the mistake of legally permitting aggressing. As these risks compound, we urgently need to align all laws to protect individual freedom. Freedom is the essential foundation that makes peace possible – without it, the society built on top is vulnerable to collapse.
The Underling Principles
- Freedom alone does not ensure peace. To build a peaceful society, voluntary virtues and cultural goodness are required to make it a wonderful place to live. These virtues must be voluntary – aggressing to impose morality on others undermines the foundations of freedom. 3L deliberately separates the law from morality to avoid our current state of an endless struggle to force moral preferences on other people against their will. Over time, this cycle of ‘law-fare’ has proliferated the number of laws to a point where almost all people in society can be deemed a criminal, which serves no-one. Victimless crimes like gambling, prostitution, sexual preferences, trade, drug use and speaking ones mind might be deemed immoral by some, but they do not harm us. It is fine to influence people by persuasion and leading by example but those who arrest people moral preferences different to their own are the aggressors. Two wrongs do not make a right. 3L is the world’s only real peace movement because peace requires both freedom and voluntary decency towards others. We urgently need to live and let live. There is nothing stopping us. 3L is simply a re-framing of the ancient and cross-cultural Golden Rule that all reasonable people already agree with. All are welcome, get involved and live the message!
