Now we reach a value that pulls all values together, in a sense. Every value is part of an order. We need other values to decide what that order should be but the idea of an order is essential to any ... Read More about Living in Good Order
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Engaging the World
Engaging the world at a basic level represents level-one development in our relations to the physical world. It may involve something as basic as getting out of bed and facing the world. The ... Read More about Engaging the World
Avoiding Harm
The first of four levels of ethical development is the do-no-harm, or “thou shalt not” stage. We come to the first fleshing out of our relationships with others. As in medicine, the first rule is to ... Read More about Avoiding Harm
Being Humble
Armed with a concept of justice based and centered on human worth and dignity, and aware of suffering and evil, we can begin to build a sound and enduring ethical system. Humility is an essential ... Read More about Being Humble
Suffering
With a concept of justice in hand, we step back to consider suffering, the bane of our existence as living beings. We have identified our aim, to seek, promote and realize the well-being of ... Read More about Suffering
Living Justly; Championing Justice
Honoring intrinsic worth, universally applied, yields justice. (1 + 1 =2.) This is the core principle of the values system and religion presented herein. In this view, justice is not about evening a ... Read More about Living Justly; Championing Justice
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
Human Worth
Why does life mean anything? Our lives have meaning because we experience them – we are aware, each of us. That is where morality, ethics and all our values begin. Our ideas about right and wrong, ... Read More about Human Worth