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Trying to bridge a gap between EP and modern organized religion. It seems that the 10 commandments or some sort of simple list of rules to follow with the aim of achieving well-being is something ubiquitous in the major religions. I see the convience to know them, as they can serve as guidelines to teach from a young age, in a very simple manner, what things are most likely to produce painful results if you do them, but some of them clearly are disaligned with Epicurean teachings, and could be m…

Well, the motivation behind this is teaching a kid (who's not going to be raised in a religious context, but lives in a religious immediate-society, and that is expected to hear about the commandments sooner or later), that there is something called the commandments, but that they are not as relevant now as they were before, thus, instead of learning those, learn these equivalents. Like I said before, bridging a gap.

She'll be exposed to the rest of the philosophy afterwards.

Like always, great stuff comes to those who ask something in this forum 😁 thanks for your responses 🙏🏻 I didn't know that Kohlberg scale Kalosyni thanks. I agree and it is sort of the point that this exercise is to arrive at a basic level moral code, and also with the constraint of being framed around the 10 commandments not for lack of better options of summarizing the philosophy of Epicurus, but because it's the actual problem I'm looking to tackle. Thanks for the video Joshua - I hadn't seen …

(Quote from Don) Thanks. I'm happy and grateful you did. I loved your suggestion on how to approach this matter. Really helpful. (Quote from Don) This I'm feeling hopeful about. Coming back to port is the issue. I guess that's why Epicurus suggested to follow the rites. Less painful at times, for sure. The problem is doing this without at the same time inadvertently teaching someone to live by double standards. A bit of a hard concept to wrap you're head around at a young age, where you naturall…