Good summaries of 3L
What Live and Let Live does
- The 3L Movement with a mission is to align all laws globally with this Legal Principle that we should not aggress against each other. It is also a community of people committed to this mission who embody the golden rule.
- There is so much more that unites the human family than divides it.
- Not aggressing is the common foundational framework of how to treat each other that all reasonable people already agree with.
- We must apply this basic principle of not aggressing against each other equally – to all individuals, groups, corporations and governments. It is a simple but urgent shift with profound consequences for our ability to survive and thrive as life on earth, in freedom, peace and love.
Actions we’re taking
- 3L offers a blueprint for how a free society can function. It also explores the optimal transition for how to get from here to there. We educate people on how simple, accessible and effective the 3L Principle is, and how the aspirational values can help people live their best lives. It is an idea that is pregnant with potential.
- 3L offers a community for sharing, collaborating, exchanging and forming quality relationships, all united by the shared goal of living in not just a free society, but a peaceful one. This includes local meet ups, conferences and celebratory gatherings.
- We develop Ambassadors, those who deeply understand the 3L Principle and embody the Golden Rule, who can become local leaders, taking the Movement in whichever way they choose. Some of these Ambassadors will seek to achieve 3L’s mission by implementing changes and running for political office.
Defining ‘aggressing’
- The only technical aspect of the 3L Principle is how ‘aggressing’ is defined. The following are such serious breaches that they would generally be dealt with in criminal courts:
- Initiating nonconsensual physical force against another person or their property, or even creating a substantial risk or threat of doing so;
- Engaging in fraud or coercion; or
- Denying someone’s right to a fair trial (due process)
- The following breaches are less serious and are generally dealt with in civil courts:
- Breaching a valid contract;
- Engaging in unreasonable conduct causing harm to another person or their property; or
- Breaching a fiduciary duty.
- Within this definition are some unavoidable grey areas. What constitutes a ‘substantial’ risk and ‘unreasonable’ conduct? What is the age of consent required for a ‘valid’ contract? Because reasonable-minded people that are completely committed to the 3L Principle disagree on what the right answers are, we must allow local communities to decide on exact definitions.
