Title: Living Humanist Values: The Ten Commitments - TheHumanist.com
Headings: Living Humanist Values: The Ten Commitments
Living Humanist Values: The Ten Commitments
The Ten Commitments
Critical Thinking
Ethical Development
Peace and Social Justice
Service and Participation
Empathy
Humility
Environmentalism
Global Awareness
Responsibility
Altruism

Content: In many ways, empathy is the first step to ethical behavior as it allows us to respond compassionately to the suffering of others and exercise good judgement when our actions may affect someone else. Understanding another’s perspective is not only critical to building better relationships, but also makes us better citizens in our local and global communities. Empathy promotes tolerance, consideration, and compassion amongst us all. Humility
Humility means displaying modesty about accomplishments, talents, gifts, or importance of self. It acknowledges we humans are fallible and have limitations in what we know and can do. Being humble isn’t about having low self-esteem or denigrating oneself. Humility at its core is robust self-awareness—awareness of our strengths and weaknesses, our faults and our merits. Humility involves setting aside personal pride and overcoming our egos to embrace gratitude for what you have and appreciate others for who they are. In being humble, one recognizes their own value in relation to others; inherently, you are neither better nor worse than anyone else.