In class on 9/24, we talked about a hypothetical society and what commandments we would have for it. We all agreed mostly agreed on the basic commandments of don’t kill, don’t lie, and be kind. Where we disagreed, however, was the inclusion of the first commandment as being necessary: “I am the Lord your God, thou shall not have any other Gods before me.” Some claimed that this commandment is needed because there needs to be something to act as the foundation, or the reason to follow the rest of the commandants. People said that there should be some sort of divine commandment to have before all the other ones. However, I don’t entirely think that there needs to be such a reason in order to follow a society’s laws/commandments. Why can’t people want to follow them in order to have a society that they want to live in? A society with law, order, freedom, and happiness. I feel like most people would want to follow the rules for that reason, and there doesn’t have to be a divine or religious commandment in order for that to happen. Obviously, there will always be people who break the law. There will always be people to break the commandments, if that’s what they try to follow. In our hypothetical society, this commandment is very exclusive for many people, for example like atheists and Hindus.
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