The vision encompassed in IPPA Core Principles represents arenewal and restatement of a powerful historic legacy, having its foundation in core moral values that can guide all of us, citizens and leaders alike. A vision shared by all Americans can unite us as one people, a unity which has always been a powerful source of American strength and endurance. |
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What Does IPPA Seek To Accomplish |
We wish to provide resources that Democrats, Independents, and moderate Republicans can use to help establish a new positive vision for an America rooted in our core values of equality and respect for life. IPPA’s “Common Guiding Principles” affirm that moral values apply not only to individuals and families, but also to political policies.
We anchor our principles not in any specific religious or sacred texts. Rather, our principles represent a consensus of our core values about which people of different spiritual backgrounds can agree. Individuals may have divergent views on the origins of these principles, some finding them in sacred texts, some in religious instruction, some in intuition, and others in what biology reveals about human nature. We believe that spiritual values drawn from these various origins have an important place in our secular lives, and that they should provide moral imperatives for our political actions.
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What Does IPPA Stand For? |
IPPA aims to focus attention and discourse on the moral imperatives underlying specific social policy issues. We believe this is the most effective way to require candidates to justify their positions, and to guide citizens in their political choices. We base our political actions on our belief in the equal worth and dignity of all individuals and the respect for human life. These two principles provide the basis and imperative for the other shared principles: the sanctity of our planet Earth; tolerance for one another and respect for privacy; the pursuit of knowledge; the need for truth and trustworthy leadership. |
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