I want all humans on Earth to be happy. This means that all humans will have to respect the rights of others. So, if someone breaks a law, then they should be criminally punished. Of course, unjust laws should be abolished and repealed. Just laws should be enforced.
If someone is not willing to respect the rights of others then they deserve criminal punishment if they are breaking a law. It is unfortunate that unjust laws exist. Unjust laws include things like the laws that allow for civil commitment, psychiatric holds, the insanity defense and the laws that allow for the incarceration and jailing of drug users who are not violent and respect the rights of others.
Perhaps Heaven can be created on Earth. Utopias are perhaps a secular way of thinking about Heaven. A utopia is a Heaven without a spiritual component. Ironically, creating a utopia may not be at all possible without a spiritual component. Spirituality can be a natural thing. Humans have embraced spirituality for thousands of years.
Therefore, it might just be best to use spiritual language and talk about Heaven, rather than use words like utopia. Hopefully more humans on Earth will attempt to create Heaven on Earth sooner rather than later. The idea of Heaven is quite wonderful. Heaven is a theoretical state and/or place in which one experiences perfect peace and happiness all of the time and indefinitely. There are perhaps many ways to define Heaven.
In the book The Art of Peace, Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido, is quoted as referring to budo as being a means of creating Heaven on Earth. Budo is a Japanese word and can be translated to mean way of war, as I understand it. Perhaps the only war that will be effective in creating Heaven and peace on Earth is if we each wage a war on our own negativity and impulses to use force and coercion on others. Hopefully all humans will see the injustice of using force and coercion on innocent individuals who respect the rights of others. Hopefully Heaven will be manifested on Earth sooner rather than later.
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