A new top ten

Authors Le Bayer and John Figdor have used crowd input to create a Ten Commandments for the 21st Century. Their goal is to show that religion does not have a monopoly on ethics. Their results are "non-commandments" to avoid creating polarizing dogma. Their list:

1. Be willing to alter your beliefs with new evidence.
2. Strive to understand what is most likely to be true, not to believe what you wish to be true.
3. The Scientific Method is the most reliable way of understanding the natural world.
4. Every person has the right to control over their own body.
5. God is not necessary to be a good person or to live a full and meaningful life.
6. Be mindful of the consequences of all your actions and recognize that you must take responsibility for them.
7. Treat others as you would want them to treat you and can reasonably expect them to want to be treated.
8. We have the responsibility to consider others, including future generations.
9. There is no one right way to live.
10. Leave the world a better place than you found it.

The website has a fuller explanation of each of them.