We attempt to transcend divisive parochial loyalties based on race, religion, gender, nationality, creed, class, sexual orientation, or ethnicity, and strive to work together for the common good of humanity. We want to protect and enhance the earth, to preserve it for future generations, and to avoid inflicting needless suffering on other species. We believe in the cultivation of moral excellence. We respect the right of privacy. Mature adults should be allowed to fulfill their aspirations, to express their sexual preferences, to exercise reproductive freedom, to access to comprehensive and informed health-care, and to die with dignity.
Humanist ethics are amenable to critical, rational guidance.
There are normative standards that we discover together. Moral principles are tested by their consequences. We are concerned with the moral education of our children. We want to nourish reason and compassion. We are skeptical of untested claims to knowledge, and we are open to novel ideas and seek new departures in our thinking.