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What is The Human Constitution?

A practical framework for exploring how we live with dignity and responsibility — beginning with ourselves, widening into our relationships, and extending to the society and living world we share.

It is not a political party, religion or ideology. It does not tell people what to think. It offers principles and questions for everyday life.

This page takes about five minutes

Why rights and responsibilities?

We are born with rights.
We mature into responsibilities.

Rights protect our dignity. Responsibilities are how we live that dignity — in our own lives, with each other, and in the world. The Human Constitution brings the two together in one practical framework.

The three dimensions

ME → WE → US

Responsibility begins with the self and widens outward — into relationship, society and life.

MEStewardship of self

Body · Emotion · Thought

How we care for ourselves — our bodies, our emotional lives and our thinking.

WEStewardship in relationship

Power · Communication

How we meet one another — how we use power and how we communicate.

USStewardship of our shared world

Society · Life

How we participate in society and relate to the living world we share.

The Seven Principles

Seven principles, one architecture

Body
ME
Emotion
ME
Thought
ME
Power
WE
Communication
WE
Society
US
Life
US