(9) Although a human being is engrossed in pursuing his own...

(9) Although a human being is engrossed in pursuing his own real perfection and is engaged in an intense search for that truth which he believes would lead him to its acquisition, more than often he fails to reach that goal. The reason is that his own egocentric desires and internal emotions overcome his ability to distinguish the straight path.

These traits actually obscure the ability of practical reason to lead humans to that desired perfection, and instead mislead one toward the path of damnation and self-destruction. What System Can Make Human Beings Prosperous?

Since human beings must live in a society, and since obstacles to preserving one’s interest and the exploitation of fellow humans are a necessary part of social life, there is a need for the law to control such self-serving interests that could lead to chaos among the people.

Such a law can create order in society only when the following conditions are fulfilled: (1) Such a law has to be comprehensive and effective to cover and administer all spheres of the individual as well as a collective human activity. It should provide for all human exigencies without neglecting any aspect of social life.

Such a legal system should promulgate laws that would be in conformity with the natural and actual needs of individuals, reflecting both the internal reality as well as external conditions of human beings. (2) Such a law should lead to the real prosperity of human beings and not merely their imaginary and speculative perfection. (3) Such a law should be attentive to the well-being of the entirety of humanity, not just a particular group of people or a specific individual.

(4) Such a law should lay the foundation of a society based on human virtues and the perfection of humanity. It should lead it to the attainment of that lofty goal by putting a high value on earthly life as a means of procuring those virtues and that human perfection, and not as independent of it. (5) Such a law should possess the efficiency to protect the people from manipulation and chaos, and guarantee the rights of all individuals without discrimination.

(6) In its promulgation, this law should be alert to the spiritual needs of the people in such a way that none of its laws should be a cause of harm to the meaningful existence of the people. Nor should it lead to deviation from the path of perfection.