Guideline for changes

Revision as of 09:34, 29 September 2014

This is a proposed checklist to use when making changes to the Uniting Amendment.

Things to consider while developing the Amendment, in priority order are:

1. Does the change increase liberty?
2. Does the change improve and preserve justice?
3. Will the change encourage compassion in society?
   1. Does it respect life?
   2. Does it promote peace?
   3. Does it promote health and wellbeing?
4. Does the change promote happiness?
5. How does the change effect the democratic process?
   1. Will it help make people more informed?
   2. Will it increase participation?
   3. How does it effect suffage?
   4. Does it increase transparancy?
   5. Will it raise the level of integrity of governance?
6. Does the change help keep us strong and secure?
   1. Does it enforce the preservation of rights?
   2. Does it discourage concentration of power?
   3. Does it deter agressors?
   4. Does it encourage innovation?
7. Is the change future focused?
8. Does it improve the clarity of the document and reduce ambiguity?
9. Does it shorten and simplify the document?

Not all need to be satisfied with each change and occasionally a very small sacrifice of a higher priority criterion can be made if it makes a great contribution to a lower priority criterion. (For example, sacrificing a bit of liberty for those who hold public office in order to assure integrity and transparancy.)