what the minimum requirements would be for you in terms of what you would consider to be a 'decent life'. In short, for you personally, what constitutes a 'decent life'?

2. Is it important to you that, aside from yourself, other people can also lead a decent life? If so, who would you include - your friends and family, all the inhabitants of your town, of your country or the whole world? Would you include animals?

3. If you consider a society that must be sustained 'for a lengthy period', what time span would you consider a reasonable one to focus on - ten years, or until your death? Until your grandchildren die, or even longer?