Our Core Values
Ethical values hold us together as a community:
We teach them, demonstrate them in word and action, and help one another contribute to a more loving and ethical world community.
- We, the Susquehanna Valley Ethical Society, dedicate ourselves to promoting a just and peaceful world, one built upon the foundation of individual ethical behavior.
- We seek out, support, and encourage the like-hearted in this effort, and we continually educate and improve ourselves to this end.
- We will engage our community in a loving and empathetic way that promotes our mission and acknowledges the right of each and every human being to live a peaceful, relevant, and fulfilling life.
Ethical values hold us together as a community:
We teach them, demonstrate them in word and action, and help one another contribute to a more loving and ethical world community.
- Every person is important and unique.
- Every person deserves to be treated fairly and kindly.
- I can learn from everyone.
- I am part of this earth; I cherish it and all the life upon it.
- I learn from the world around me by using my senses, mind, and feelings.
- I am a member of the world community, which depends on the cooperation of all people for peace and justice.
- I can learn from the past to build for the future.
- I am free to question.
- I am free to choose what I believe.
- I accept responsibility for my choices and actions.
- I strive to live my values.