On my website I use reset.css. It adds exactly this to list styles:
ol, ul { list-style: none outside none; } html, body, div, span, applet, object, ifra
I think this is actually what you're looking for:
.my_container ul { list-style: initial; margin: initial; padding: 0 0 0 40px; } .my_container li { display: list-item; }