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Which alignment does my philosophy correspond to?

Here is my philosophy: I believe strongly in freedom and self-empowerment. I think that there should be no state but a community run by the people in which people can work together to socially improve society. I believe that justice should be retributive and play out like karma, the punishment should always fit the crime. Tax and debt should be abolished, religion should not be allowed to be involved in politics or decision making and reason and science should be trusted to make government decisions. Saving lives, doing important things and scientific experiments shouldn't need to cost money, let alone huge amounts of money, for it is a selfish attitude that could be self-destructive. Money should only be used to help you live and to buy groceries and luxuries. Proselytism should be punished and society should be motivated by choice. The morality of society should be adaptable and fit the situation. For example, if your friend were in danger would you do bad things to save him/her? The basic principle of that is that sometimes you need to do bad things for a greater good, like a moral balance if you will. People should not shun others for their beliefs, their race, their likes and dislikes, their life choices or their background. People should not excuse evil acts for a religious cause. Remember Paul Hill? No one wants that repeated. Those who do significant good to others should be rewarded. Those who hold or force power over weaker individuals should be punished. The same goes for bureaucratic, theocratic and authoritarian bodies, people or organisations. Here are the ten fundamental principles of this philosophy. 1. "Try to be understanding towards one another". If you are understanding towards your friends and family or someone who has lived through a tragedy and not blaming the victim, you will be more of good person. 2. "Seek out enlightenment". This means that you should strive to develop a conviction that suits you and celebrate your self-enlightenment. 3. "Liberate yourself from suffering". This is similar to the concept of Moksha in Indian religions. This means that if you wallow in self-pity through family struggles you won't get anywhere. You must seek out liberation by any means necessary. 4. "Always be just". Justice should not be contaminated by political correctness, religion or conventional concepts of good and evil. As I already described, justice should be karmic and retributive. The punishment should suit the crime. 5. "Freedom is a true blessing". Freedom of speech, of expression, of thought, of affiliation and of action are the greatest gifts anyone can have or give. Some would say it leads to "wickedness", but I disagree. Freedom can be used for good, whatever happens, good or bad, is down to what people do with freedom. Seek out freedom and/or help others attain it. 6. "Knowledge is power". Knowledge is the greatest gift next to freedom. Knowledge can and should be used to help people and shape society, that itself is a greater virtue. 7. "Be kind to those that need kindness". This means that you should at least try to show some benevolence to those that are truly underprivileged or disadvantaged. People should at least try to be altruistic to others and altruism like that should be rewarded. Governments today never do this at all. If governments think altruism is good they should treat it that way. 8. "We should all be treated as equals". Whether we are rich, poor, black, white, men, women or children, we should all be treated equally. No one is better than anyone else, not even a monarch. No one should be venerated as if they were a holy object, but at the same time no one should be treated like they are worthless. We should all treat each other equally, especially as friends. 9. "Goodness is not a straight line". Sometimes you have to go to any lengths to do good, even if it means doing bad things in the process. But this is not the same is excusing evil acts for a certain cause or agenda. A moral balance would be very flexible. 10. "Be yourself". No one makes you live life but yourself. Be yourself, be true to yourself, believe in yourself, have faith in yourself. Self-empowerment is good for your, but there is such thing as going too far. Nonetheless, the self-empowerment can help you acheive the inherent human power in you. You never know, there might even be a god-like potential in humanity. And that's my philosophy. You might say it's humanist or a revolutionary ideology, but it's my philosophy and I'm proud it and the time I took to think of it. But what's important is what alignment is it. Lawful Good, Neutral Good, Chaotic Good, Lawful Neutral, True Neutral, Chaotic Neutral, Lawful Evil, Neutral Evil or Chaotic Evil? Give a reason for it being of the alignment you think it is. @JDOGG It's nothing like Lawful Good because it focuses on freedom, self-empowerment, choice and adaptable morality. Lawful Good just isn't that. For help with alignments, click here: http://easydamus.com/alignment.html Does anyone think I'm in the wrong category when looking for an alignment that corresponds with my philosophy? @JDOGG Another reason why it is definitely not Lawful is because Lawful alignment focuses on respect for and abidance to the law, authority and (possibly) a higher ideal. My philosophy just isn't like that. My philosophy expresses distrust of authority and that there should be no state other than a people-power community. I would also say it's one of the Neutral alignments because of the idea of self-empowerment and karma-style retributive justice. You'll understand retributive justice when hearing about the Megrahi case because the US says Megrahi should have been put to death for killing all those people. That's retributive justice. @mtheoryrules Don't say it's chaotic just because of any gaps. You have to look its beliefs and principles.

Public Comments

1. I honestly don't know what those labels are you claim to be alignment. My guess(based on nothing, but I'd bet on it): Lawful good. And you're an idealist. And you're a consequentialist. And I think this society my be good for you, but I wouldn't want to be apart of it. And because of that it doesn't seem so ideal. Edit: I see....
2. Sounds like you prefer modern physicalist/empiricist naturalism in terms of epistemology. Definitely a secularist and some what libertarian/Marxists in terms of political orientation (which is some what contradictory) unless you meant that vital resources like food should be a right not a privilege or luxury. Philosophy does not use the categories you listed (Lawful Good, Neutral Good, Chaotic Good..etc.) as it's branches or classifications. I would call it a chaotic good alignment. I say chaotic because of the gaps in your overall philosophy but good because you seem sincerely convicted in being moral, tolerant, and just. However, because you have not expressed definitively an entire philosophy there is potential for contradictions and internal conflicts of systemic beliefs that may result in irrational chaotic behavior. Typically the main branches of philosophy are as follows. Metaphysics (theory of what is truly real) Ontology (theory of what can or can not exist or be) Epistemology (theory of knowledge or what can or can not be known) Axiology (theory of value claims) Ethics (theory of what is morally good or what is right) Politics (theory of what systems of government are just or ethical) Aesthetics (theory of beauty and art)