Elaboration 10.2

With the family, in our (so-called) civilized society, yet another new element appeared. It was the need for-, the right of-, privacy, the security of one's own place. It starts in childhood (phylogenetically pre-Neandertal) with having one's own room in the house, even a cupboard or treasure box, the sacrosanctity of the diary, etc. The mature civilized, person experiences human dignity by the basic sanctity of his front-door. Behind it, he can (if so wanted) be as stupid as he think best, and, be free from the general stupidity of the world, when he is common sensical. While the animal world labours continuously under a general feeling of insecurity, during life, the animal that reached one step higher, man, because of this step, because of his extra degree of freedom in ideation, cannot live long in perpetual awareness of danger. It will destroy him soon. The cave-men survived not only by the use of their intelligence (3 rd degree of ideation), but also because they enjoyed periods of almost absolute security inside their holes, or encircled by fires. It gave way to time, leisure time, for unhurried 'thinking', reflection. This privacy is the most utter necessity for happiness, and, in the new world government, it need be established by law, not by rules. (A mondial law, akin to natural laws, should have no exceptions, no dispensations, nor should it differ in times or places. When the latter are necessary they should be rules, not laws. World-government would enforce only very few of these laws, and only with regard to rights & duties of man.) It is absolutely necessary that everybody knows that he need not admit anybody into his domain, under no circumstances of law except clear cut crime against other citizens. He must have the absolute right even to be incommunicado, i.e. not answering the door-bell or telephone. This is so fundamental, when the rights of others are not at stake, that violation can only be decided by the law-giver, i.e. the world-government. Even a man who does not pay his tax, or debts, should be free from being arrested when indoors, a thief with his loot, etc. On knowing that he will be arrested when he comes out, he will not stay more then a couple of weeks before giving up. That relatives hand in food plays no role whatsoever. But HIS is the choice of staying imprisoned or giving in, not a law officer. Naturally, when a man starts producing cyanide gas, or explosives, an atomic bomb even, his rights as citizen stop, the rules for dangerous animals then apply.