1.2 Society
By their nature, the individual is a free biological being and a social being as well. “The individual who knows” is aware that they will satisfy their natural needs to a greater extent by associating with another individual. By associating with others, the individual accomplishes a higher power in nature and, accordingly, a greater possibility of satisfying their natural needs. The joining of people represents a community of individuals with specific and collective needs.
A “society that knows” is based on equal human rights. The establishment of equal human rights is the only condition for creating a good society. Without equal human rights, a good society cannot be formed. Equal human rights mean that whatever is allowed to somebody in social relationships must be allowed to everybody else, and vice versa, what is forbidden to somebody must be banned to everybody.
The individual is a natural need for another individual and the value as well. In a “society that knows,” each individual has respect to all members of society irrespective of the differences in their degree of ability or power. In such a society each individual is entitled to participate in the decision-making processes about the rules for joint activities. In this way, the sum of all individual needs form the optimal collective needs of society, which determine the rules of the social relationship.
Such rules establish the rights and obligations of individuals. The rights determine the freedoms of people, while obligations diminish them as the people are forced to behave toward nature and society in the way that suits the community as a whole. “The society that knows” regulates the rules of the social relationship by reducing the personal inconveniences and by increasing the collective conveniences to all. Such rules suit all members of society to the most significant extent possible.
Society has the same reactions to the relationship with nature as individuals. “The society that knows” forms needs following its nature within the limits of the natural power of realization and thus satisfies their needs and accomplishes the conveniences.
One can say that the individual during their lifetime takes the roads of development of the society. A child has neither knowledge nor ability to meet their natural needs. The parents who know how to live following their nature are satisfied and as such develop love toward the children. They take over ongoing care for meeting the children’s natural needs. Such an attitude brings warmth and joy, which is a prerequisite for the prosperity of both the child and society. The people not deprived in their youth, later become sound protagonists in society.
“The individual who knows” brings benefits to themselves and the society as a whole. Therefore, “the society that knows” is interested in having each member be familiar with the amount of knowledge they possess. “The society that knows” forms an impartial knowledge about the laws of movements in nature, and educates the young members on the rights, duties, and responsibilities for their wellbeing in society and nature. The young who see active and satisfied adult members of “the society that knows” form a belief in a convenient future and, therefore, accepts with pleasure the rights, duties and responsibilities of the community. “The society that knows” forms the education that follows the interest of the students and the society, as in this way the act of education satisfies the needs and desires of the students and produces benefits to society as a whole.
Society meets its needs by work. “The society that knows” establishes needs by mutual agreements, and then by the associated work meets the needs and in such a way accomplishes benefits. “In the society that knows” each worker has an equal right to work in every work post, and the most productive interested worker gets the job. In this way, society reaches the most significant productivity and the highest values in the production, while freedom in choosing jobs enables work to become a value for itself.
“The society that knows” distributes work to workers in the way that the work posts form balanced conveniences to them as well as in distributing the results of work. Such an approach builds an equal interest of workers to perform every work. Such social attitude toward work allows the coverage of all work posts with the workers who perform their jobs following their own natural needs and abilities.
An autonomous worker works only if they have a direct interest. On the other hand, if they lose such interest, they lose the need to work and stop working. In associated labour, the worker is forced to work when it is a collective need, regardless of whether it suits them or not. Associated labour may be inconvenient and, therefore, in “the society that knows” each individual may exercise the right to perform work that brings them less inconvenience.
An autonomous worker bears responsibility for their work by their work accomplishments. In associated labour, an irresponsible worker may inflict great inconveniences to the working collective because of the relation existing among the work processes. This is why “the society that knows” forms the efficient principles of accountability for the workers who fail to perform the work obligations and for behaviour not suitable to society. Therefore, each member of such a society behaves responsibly toward nature, community, work, and work results. Being aware of their responsibility, they form the work needs following their nature and possibility of realization. Such an orientation is a precondition for satisfying needs and for the basis of a constructive orientation of society.
In “the society that knows,” the products of collective work are distributed according to the contribution of each individual in the process of production. The work that produces a higher value brings greater conveniences to the society, and thus deserves a higher reward in the share of the products of communal work. The distribution of work results among the workers has also performed according to the degree of inconveniences occurred during the work. A more inconvenient work duty requires a higher compensation, and therefore it receives a higher share in the distribution of the conveniences coming from the result of work. In the distribution of produced goods we should count the contribution of workers’ ancestors as well because each result of work contains a vast quantity of past labour.
“The society that knows” always forms solidary distribution elements, which guarantee the existence of the entire population, regardless of whether they participate directly in the production. In that way, society creates a view that the individual is a value to the individual. Solidarity provides products intended for individual consumption to everyone who needs it. It establishes social stability and helps the development of new forces in society that reproduce such orientation.
The society that continually manages to satisfy its needs is a satisfied, powerful and noble society. The community with generous members necessarily helps each other and develops unity which brings prosperity. It believes in its force and is confident to be able to reach conveniences. The consequence of such belief results in love appearing among the members of society, the social equilibrium and harmony with nature.
In such a society each member helps the development of every individual, as in this way they also contribute to their own development. Giving is a source of manifestation of the power of being that brings great benefits. “The society that knows” ensures the reproduction of constructive orientation and can plan its development and prosperity. Such a society is a healthy society.
