Everlasting Life and Good vs. Evil
"A Brief Time of Love is Worth More
Than an Eternity of Hate"

Since good and evil are so interwoven with life, the basic working principles for these two elements of Utopia must be applied to both elements as one.

While humans may be the superior intellectual beings on the planet earth, that does not make human life superior to all life in the big picture. Human life could not exist on earth without the existence of other life forms on earth. Humanity must currently exist as part of a food chain. While other life forms may be required to nourish and sustain humans, humans should respect those life forms. Destruction of another life form without valid purpose is wrong, and cruelty to any life form is always wrong. Of course, once Utopia is achieved, synthetic foods or other technologies will change this equation.

On an individual level, people must overcome the negative emotional shortcomings of Humanity. Hatred, jealously, malice and other negative thoughts must be controlled and should never be allowed to control one's actions. The results of non-control are verbal and/or physical crimes against other persons or physical crimes to others' property. Infliction of physical harm on another human is always wrong except when done to stop physical evil. Emotional harm caused by malicious acts such as verbal abuse, theft, or destruction of others' property is always wrong. One who engages in any of these wrongful acts not only fails to respect the value of others' life, but fails to respect the value of their own life. In addition to controlling the negative side of human nature, the individual should focus on positives such as love, generosity, and achievement. If all individuals stopped committing crimes Humanity would be well on its way to Utopia. However, some individuals are inherently evil, and this is where society must fill the void. Those humans who engage in evil acts, and who cannot reform their behavior, must be taken out of society permanently, by one method or another. At this point in time, society has limited resources, which leads to the conclusion that instead of wasting fertilizer on these weeds of society, the weeds should be pulled, and resources should be directed toward assisting good people in need, so that the flowers in the garden of Utopia may flourish.

Every individual affects Humanity as a whole in that one's actions have a ripple affect through society in the same way a splash ripples through a pond when a stone is thrown into the pond. While some people make a bigger splash than others, such as Hitler's big negative splash, and Einstein's big positive splash, every splash is important, because each splash affects Humanity, with the negative splashes pushing Humanity toward a living hell and the positive splashes pushing Humanity toward Utopia. Progress toward Utopia can be accelerated if everyone avoids making negative splashes, and instead makes as big a positive splash as they can. While humans currently have a physical limitation of mortality, one does obtain a form of eternal life in that their splash is an everlasting effect on Humanity. Once Utopia is reached, there will be physical immortality through cell regeneration, memory transfer to a robotic humanoid, or some other method beyond our current knowledge.