Item 18 in Truth By Reason Master Ethical Code

Honour Community Without Surrendering Conscience

Contribute through cooperation, mutual aid and gratitude while retaining responsibility for personal judgement.

Position
18
Form
Mixed formulation
Obligation
Context-dependent
Wording status
Translation
Intended audience
Everyone
Last reviewed
28 June 2026

Names and terminology

Canonical name: Honour Community Without Surrendering Conscience

Source wording

<p>Contribute through cooperation, mutual aid and gratitude while retaining responsibility for personal judgement.</p>

Translation

Literal meaning

Contribute through cooperation, mutual aid and gratitude while retaining responsibility for personal judgement.

Broader interpretation

Family, community, nation and tradition deserve loyalty only within the limits of truth, justice and protection from abuse.

Practical meaning

Contribute through cooperation, mutual aid and gratitude while retaining responsibility for personal judgement.

Ethical purpose

Family, community, nation and tradition deserve loyalty only within the limits of truth, justice and protection from abuse.

Modern application

Apply this principle to personal conduct, organisations and public policy, with particular attention to people and beings who carry the greatest risks while holding the least power.

Criticism and difficult cases

This principle may conflict with other duties. It should therefore be applied with evidence, proportionality, role reversal, attention to power and review of foreseeable consequences.

Truth By Reason analysis

Family, community, nation and tradition deserve loyalty only within the limits of truth, justice and protection from abuse.

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