Re-Enlightenment Now!

Came across these statements of affirmation. Pretty good stuff.

1. Every person is a sovereign individual and deserves to be treated with the respect, compassion, and dignity that this implies.

2. Individuals should not be judged based on immutable characteristics

3. Individuals should not be judged based on the characteristics of any group to which they may happen to belong.

4. Collections of individuals do not gain moral authority by virtue of being in a group.

5. There exists an objective reality against which our experiences should be tested for truth content using reason and logic.

6. Maximizing truth content is perhaps the most worthwhile endeavor.

7. The scientific method is the most effective process that humans have thus far devised for determining objective truth about the physical world.

Could be used as a useful screen for judging with whom to engage. If someone rejects any or all of these precepts, the epistemic return on engagement is likely to be nil.