In “The Republic” Plato outlines what he thinks would make for the good society. This is my take:

1. 1.It wants a healthy resolution of the individual with the collective. Individualism doesn’t have too much narrow selfish interest and the collective doesn’t become all coercive. The so called third way is bottom-up in the sense that the individual makes his own choices. It’s just that he tends to choose for the benefit of the group as much as for himself.
   

2. 2.The populace is educated to the highest standard. This produces a sceptical mindset which does not accept moral absolutes from religious or political leaders. Leaders are benign
   

3. 3.“Should-be” as an ethic is banished from the narrative. So are notions of good and bad. The old morality is exposed as mere power brokering. The new morality rises naturally from the optimum relationship between individual and collective. It is understood before it is codified, articulated and analysed.
   

4. 4.Synthesis is valued over analysis. People are educated to analyse but only as a step towards being able to synthesise. In other words they are able to use knowledge creatively. Relationship is acknowledged as the supreme synthesis. Relational intelligence is the highest virtue.
   

5. 5.There are no big organisations but infinite smaller ones globally linked as required in a complex web of communication.
   

6. 6.Citizens as consumers are disapproved of. Money is understood only as means and not an end in itself. Consumption and the lust for money are seen as primitive and are thus discouraged.
   

7. 7.Art is produced by an elite and appraised by the populace. Elitism guarantees that the works remain special but the ultimate sanction is by the majority thereby keeping the artist answerable. If a consensus doesn’t accept the work it is no good. If it does then posterity is required for it to qualify as a good work.
   

8. 8.In politics the values of liberalism and democracy maintain and are developed.
   

9. 9.There is no issue of race. It has no social or cultural relevance. Ethnicity is uninteresting beyond historical curiosity. The colour of a person’s skin goes unnoticed. Diverse cultural mixing is the thing until a rich mono-culture, human culture, emerges.
   

10. 10.In gender issues the male and female contain a conscious imprint of the other. The relationship of male to female is one of maximum reciprocity.
    

11. 11.Vices are tolerated such as they exist. Money is respected as a sophisticated form of exchange. Sex for money is acceptable as long as it is a reciprocal and non-exploitative arrangement between autonomous individuals. Recreational drugs are part of the need to alter consciousness which is healthy in moderation. The harmful effects of all vices are well understood and largely eliminated.
    

12. 12.Private property doesn’t exist as a concept - only the right to process should one feel violated. Violation is rare due to the supremacy of relational ethics.
    

13. 13.Compassion is a primary value.