Despite enormous diversity within society, it is still possible for most people to agree on certain common moral and ethical belief with which to guide our choices and lives. The following is a list of commonly held values:

• To treat the environment gently and reverently and to show concern for the long-term good of the world and the universe.
• To be kind to all creatures.
• To hold all men, women, and children to be of equal value and worth.
• To recognize that corporate worship (whatever faith or denomination) has a positive contribution to make.
• To do to others as we would wish them to do to us.
• To love, honor, and help our parents and families.
• To honor those who lead us, to work cooperatively with them, to meet their just demands, and to respect those structures designed to allow people to live together in fairness and harmony.
• To show a basic, courteous respect for the dignity of every human person.
• To reject violence as a solution for community and personal difficulties.
• To seek peace, justice, freedom, and the necessities of life for all people.
• To bear no malice, prejudice, or hatred in our hearts.
• To be honest and fair in our dealings with others.
• To speak the truth and not mislead others by our silence.
• To seek the betterment of our community by personal involvement.
• To understand the importance to society of having work available for all to do.
• To see ourselves and all others as having value and worth in just "being."
• To resist the temptation to envy, greed, and jealously.
• To recognize, develop, and use our individual and unique combination of talents and abilities.
• To use our possessions wisely and unselfishly.
• To express ourselves in life-affirming ways.
• To avoid the abuse of our bodies by what we put into them or do to them.