1. I appreciate all life forms, and believe the complexities of the ecological web of life are properly the subject of politics. 1: Human welfare is more important than the welfare of other forms of life; we should not make rules about how humans should behave in relation to the environment, unless the rules contribute directly to human health and wellbeing.

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2. We should be humble regarding the human species in relation to other species and to the global ecosystem. 5: Humans should not engage in activities that kill or destroy the habitat of other forms of life.

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3. I am concerned with the quality of human life and health, including an emphasis on the importance of preventive medicine, diet, and exercise to the maintenance and enhancement of human health. 1: I eat and drink what I want when I want it, and don’t worry at all about getting enough exercise.

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4. My outlook on the world is globalist, rather than nationalist or isolationist. 5: How we live affects the lives of people all over the world, and should be responsible for how we affect them.

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5. Political decisions about law and economics should be made as close as possible where people live, by subnational governments and associations. 1: We need a national, perhaps even an international set of law and economic rules--we have have the protectionism that would inevitably come from a maze of different policy choices.

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6. The consequences of decisions we make are important over the long run; we are responsible to the next generation. 5: We are trustees on the earth, and should bestow on the next generation an environment as healthy or healthier than the one we inherited.

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7. There are urgent environmental problems that threaten life on earth, both in the short and long runs. 1: Predictions of impending ecological disaster are invariably wrong or overstated.

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8. Human societies should be remade on a more sustainable basis; the way our society operates can not be sustained over the long run. 5: In the United States we consume far too many resources, and we soon must change our ways.

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9. To consume as many luxuries as we do, and to throw away so much waste, is morally reprehensible given the amount of unmet human need in the world. 1: There is little or no connection between our high consumption lifestyles and the starvation and misery found in much of the world.

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10. We should embrace a simple lifestyle, and that might include modern technology and conveniences. 5: People would lead happier lives if they would try to do less, move less, and rely less on the many consumer goods now available to us.

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11. The natural world should set the rhythms and textures of our lives. 1: "Better living through chemistry" and technology--we humans can alter the shape of our world and our lives in it, and this power has made life better for most people.

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12. Self-esteem and social merit are properly based on one’s skill at one’s work, on creativity and personal integrity. 5: Meaning in life comes from nonmaterial things.

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13. People should have a great deal of control over their own lives, including regular participation in decisions affect their workplaces and communities. 1: Most people don’t know or care enough to make decisions about the places they work and live; if they don’t like where they work and live, they can change jobs or move.

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