This Is Our Story

This is Our Story

Humanity United in Action,
Driven By Love and Compassion,
Informed by Science and Reason.

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  • Cycle-of-Life Season
    • 1 Dormancy
      • Week 01: Human Worth
      • Week 02: Universality
      • Week 03: Justice
      • Week 04: Suffering
      • Week 05: Humility
      • Week 06: Avoiding Harm, or Evil
      • Week 07: Engaging the World
      • Week 08: Order
    • 2 Sowing
      • Week 09: Preferences (Desire)
      • Week 10: Autonomy
      • Week 11: Life as a Journey
      • Week 12: Renewal
      • Week 13: Hope and Optimism
      • Week 14: Self-esteem (Self-worth begins)
      • Week 15: Self-confidence
      • Week 16: Independence (Self-competence)
    • 3 Growth
      • Week 17: Our Future
      • Week 18: Honesty
      • Week 19: Obligation in the World
      • Week 20: Duty toward Others
      • Week 21: Awakening
      • Week 22: Obstacles and Opportunities
      • Week 23: Individuality and Community
    • 4 Ripening
      • Week 24: Honoring
      • Week 25: Excellence
      • Week 26: An Ethic of Generous Service
      • Week 27: Openness
      • Week 28: Transcendence
      • Week 29: Wisdom
      • Week 30: Caring
      • Week 31: Courage
      • Week 32: Citizenship
    • 5 Interlude
      • Week 33: Grounding and Well-Roundedness
      • Week 34: Assertiveness
      • Week 35: Restoration
    • 6 Fulfillment
      • Week 36: Creativity
      • Week 37: Truth
      • Week 38: Love
      • Week 39: Faith
      • Week 40: Rebirth
    • 7 Assessing
      • Week 41: Home and the Past
      • Week 42: Vitality
      • Week 43: Self-actualization and Integrity
      • Week 44: Connectedness
      • Week 45: Empowerment
      • Week 46: Equality
    • 8 Harvest and Celebration
      • Week 47: Flourishing
      • Week 48: Focus and Perspective
      • Week 49: Change
      • Week 50: Finding Our Niche
      • Week 51: Accepting / Surrendering
      • Week 52: Living Religiously
      • Week 53: Celebration and Remembrance
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Week 02: Universality

Including All Beings

Including All Beings

A universal ethics looks beyond our divisions, and beyond the self. It includes everyone, including sentient non-humans. Not everyone is a PETA, AHA or ASPCA member but there is widespread ... Read More about Including All Beings

Inclusion Regardless of Lifestyles and Opinions

Inclusion Regardless of Lifestyles and Opinions

Through our lifestyles and opinions, we express our individuality. Yet we are more than our choices and opinions. Greater knowledge, and a better understanding of the science, history, literature and ... Read More about Inclusion Regardless of Lifestyles and Opinions

Inclusion of All Ages and Classes

Inclusion of All Ages and Classes

A universal ethics is for everyone, regardless of age, social status and class. These too have divided us. Greater knowledge, and a better understanding of the science, history, literature and art ... Read More about Inclusion of All Ages and Classes

Sex and Gender Inclusion

Sex and Gender Inclusion

The two sexes make the human world go ‘round but too often we allow sex and gender to divide us. Greater knowledge, and a better understanding of the science, history, literature and art about sex and ... Read More about Sex and Gender Inclusion

Racial and Ethnic Inclusion

Racial and Ethnic Inclusion

Race and ethnicity play no meaningful role in our character, and none at all in our intrinsic worth. Yet they have long divided us. Greater knowledge, and a better understanding of the science, ... Read More about Racial and Ethnic Inclusion

Cultural Inclusion

Cultural Inclusion

Our many cultures enrich us. Tragically, they have also divided us. Greater knowledge, and a better understanding of the science, history, literature and art about culture can help us live more ... Read More about Cultural Inclusion

Universal Inclusion

Universal Inclusion

As beings who sense, feel emotionally, think and act, we care what happens to us. We observe that other people experience life, much as we do. Valuing their life experiences, as well as our own, is a ... Read More about Universal Inclusion

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