A structuring of a discussion of neighborhood goals around values. Argues that our self-interest reflects what we value and that a sense of community arises in neighborhoods when residents begin to recognize and strengthen the values that we share. Contents: building community in a neighborhood; security and community action; reciprocity -- self-interest, rightly understood; fellowship and community; three visions of justice (civic ideal; conservative justice; religious justice; rival visions of the good community); bldg. community through social contracts.