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  1. Seek truth. Ask serious questions, give reasons, and remain willing to revise your judgement.
  2. Practise courtesy. Challenge ideas with rigour. Respect the dignity and boundaries of others.
  3. Welcome disagreement. Engage unfamiliar views fairly and in good faith.
  4. Exercise independent judgement. The Society is non-partisan. Examine arguments on their merits.
  5. Think across generations. Build relationships and institutions whose value can outlast us.
  6. Act constructively. Bring practical judgement and a willingness to work on the problems you identify.
  7. Learn from tradition. Draw on inherited knowledge while subjecting every claim to serious inquiry.
  8. Create value. Contribute to the life of the Society and the wider world. Give more than you extract.
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