Is Ethical Culture based on Judaism and the Ten Commandments?
No, but we do respect the core of ethics at the heart of Judaism and other world religions. Jewish members and leaders of the Ethical Societies distinguish between their religious and ethnic identities. Our aim is to free from dogma and ritual the ethical message of religion and apply it to our lives. We welcome into our community everyone who places ethics at the heart of religion and everyone who shares our passion for creating ethical culture. When Moses presented the Ten Commandments, he united religion and ethics by carving in stone that “God’s Law” prohibits violating another human being. The Ten Commandments are an example of the ethical common ground that links the major world religions. As Moses went to the mountaintop and returned with the Ten Commandments, Buddha sat under the bo tree, determined to know the truth of life. He discovered the central truth of Buddhism: “From good comes good.” Whether you study Moses’ Ten Commandments, Buddha’s Eight-fold path, the Five Command
