To enable us to be whole, in a fragmented world, we choose to treat each other as unique individuals having intrinsic worth. We seek to act with integrity. Treating one another as ends requires that we learn to act with integrity. This includes keeping commitments, and being more open, honest, caring, and responsive. 5. We are committed to educate ourselves.
Personal progress is possible, both in wisdom and in social life.
Learning how to build ethical relationships and cultivate a humane community is a life-long endeavor. Self-reflection and our social nature require us to shape a more humane world. Spiritual life is rooted in self-reflection, but can only come to full flower in community. This is because people are social, needing both primary relationships and larger supportive groups to become fully human. Our social nature requires that we reach beyond ourselves to decrease suffering and increase creativity in the world.