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The Four Absolutes - Honesty, Unselfishness, Love and Purity - were principles of  the Oxford Group and were practiced in early A.A. One of the editors of this blog attended an A.A. meeting in Cleveland and met a woman who got sober in the mid-90's whose sponsor took her through the Four Absolute in addition to the Steps. They are very much  a part of modern A.A. in some areas. For background click on this link:

The Four Absolutes: (aainthedesert.org)

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