“The Golden Rule”: although this is looked upon by Christians as Christian
and is found in the New and Old Testaments, many other races and peoples
spoke of it. It also appears in the Analects of Confucius (fifth and sixth
centuries B.C.) who, himself, quoted from more ancient works. It is also
found in “primitive” tribes. In one form or another it appears in the
ancient works of Plato, Aristotle, Isocrates and Seneca. For thousands of
years it has been held by man as a standard of ethical conduct. The versions
given in this booklet are newly worded, however, as in earlier wordings it
was thought to be too idealistic to be kept. It is possible to keep this
version.
A
adamant: hard; not giving in; unyielding; something which won’t break;
insistent; refusing any other opinion; surrendering to nothing.
aristocracy: government by a few with special privileges, ranks or
positions; rule by an elite few who are above the general law; a group who
by birth or position are “superior to everybody else” and who can make or
apply laws to others but consider that they themselves are not affected by
the laws.
B
boors: persons with rude, clumsy manners and little refinement.
C
chaotic: having the character or nature of total disorder or confusion.
competent: able to do well those things one does; capable; skilled in doing
what one does; measuring up to the demands of one’s activities.
compromise: a settlement of differences in which each side gives in on some
point while retaining others and reaching a mutual agreement thereby.
D
deter: to prevent or discourage.
dole: the British term for government relief.
E
environment: one’s surroundings; the material things around one; the area
one lives in; the living things, objects, spaces and forces with which one
lives whether close to or far away.
evolutionary: related to a very ancient theory that all plants and animals
developed from simpler forms and were shaped by their surroundings rather
than being planned or created.
example: someone or something worthy of imitation or duplication; a pattern,
a model.
F
flourish: to be in a state of activity and production; expanding in
influence; thriving; visibly doing well.
H
happiness: a condition or state of well-being, contentment, pleasure;
joyful, cheerful, untroubled existence; the reaction to having nice things
happen to one.
honor: to show respect for; to treat with deference and courtesy.
I
immoral: not moral; not following good practices of behavior; not doing
right; lacking any idea of proper conduct.
implacable: not open to being quieted, soothed or pleased; remorseless;
relentless.
incompetence: lacking adequate knowledge or skill or ability; unskilled;
incapable; subject to making big errors or mistakes; bungling.
industrious: applying oneself with energy to study or work; actively and
purposefully getting things done; opposite of being idle and accomplishing
nothing.
influence: the resulting effect.
influences: has an effect upon.
L
lies: false statements or pieces of information deliberately presented as
being true; a falsehood; anything meant to deceive or give a wrong
impression.
M
materialism: any one of a family of metaphysical theories which view the
universe as consisting of hard objects such as stones, very big or very
small. The theories seek to explain away such things as minds by saying they
can be reduced to physical things or their motions. Materialism is a very
ancient idea. There are other ideas.
materialistic: the opinion that only physical matter exists.
mechanism: the view that all life is only matter in motion and can be
totally explained by physical laws. Advanced by Leucippus and Democritus
(460 B.C. to 370 B.C.) who may have gotten it from Egyptian mythology.
Upholders of this philosophy felt they had to neglect religion because they
could not reduce it to mathematics. They were attacked by religious
interests and in their turn attacked religions. Robert Boyle (1627-91) who
developed Boyle’s Law in physics, refuted it by raising the question as to
whether or not nature might have designs such as matter in motion.
moral: able to know right from wrong in conduct; deciding and acting from
that understanding.
morale: the mental and emotional attitude of an individual or a group; sense
of well-being; willingness to get on with it; a sense of common purpose.
murder: the unlawful killing of one (or more) human being(s) by another,
especially with malice aforethought (intending to do so before the act).
O
obligation: the condition or fact of owing another something in return for
things, favors or services received.
obligations: the state, fact or condition of being indebted to another for a
special service or favor received; a duty, contract, promise or any other
social, moral or legal requirement that binds one to follow or avoid a
certain course of action; the sense of owing another.
P
phenomenon: an observable fact or event.
pilloried: exposed to ridicule, public contempt, scorn or abuse.
practice: to exercise or perform repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a
skill.
precepts: rules or statements advising or laying down a principle or
principles or a course of action regarding conduct; directions meant as a
rule or rules for conduct.
production: the act of completing something; finishing a task, project or
object that is useful or valuable or simply worth doing or having.
promiscuous: having or engaging in casual, random sexual relations.
propaganda: spreading ideas, information or rumor to further one’s own cause
and/or injure that of another, often without regard to truth; the act of
putting lies in the press or on radio and TV so that when a person comes to
trial he will be found guilty; the action of falsely damaging a person’s
reputation so he will not be listened to.
propagandist: a person or group who does, makes or practices propaganda.
prosper: to achieve economic success; succeeding at what one does.
R
relief: goods or money given by a government agency to people because of
need or poverty.
safeguard: prevent from being harmed; protect.
S
survival: the act of remaining alive, of continuing to exist, of being
alive.
T
temperate: not going to extremes; not overdoing things; controlling one’s
cravings.
truth: that which agrees with the facts and observations; logical answers
resulting from looking over all the facts and data; a conclusion based on
evidence uninfluenced by desire, authority or prejudice; an inevitable
(unavoidable) fact no matter how arrived at.
tyrannical: the use of cruel, unjust and absolute power; crushing;
oppressing; harsh; severe.
V
vandalism: the willful and malicious destruction of public or private
property, especially anything beautiful or artistic.
virtues: the ideal qualities in good human conduct.
W
will: bearing or attitude toward others: disposition; traditionally, “men of
good will” means those who mean well toward their fellows and work to help
them.
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