Part I. Respect and care for the community of life

Principle 1: Respect Earth and all its diversity

• Recognize that all beings are interdependent and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings.
• Affirm faith in the inherent dignity of all human beings and in the intellectual, artistic, ethical, and spiritual potential of humanity. (Corcoran, Vilela, & Roerink (Eds.), 2005, p. 42)