2. Ethics begins with choice.

Creating a more humane environment begins by affirming the need to make significant choices in our lives.

One may live within the acceptable moral codes of one's world, and be considered a good person. But until we begin to choose our commitments and be truthful we cannot be said to be fully living an ethical life. The choice to join an Ethical Society comes at a point when reasonable maturity has been achieved. The decision to join should be fully volitional. It affirms the intention to continue how to choose helpful attitudes and behaviors instead of hurtful ones at every level of interaction.