Ethical Culture

noun

a movement founded by Felix Adler in 1876 that stresses the importance of ethical behavior independent of religious beliefs.

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How to use Ethical Culture in a sentence

But he'd be in throuble with a couple iv mimbers iv th' Ethical Culture Society that came to him at th' same moment.
Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne
When religion departs from the emotional phase it becomes merely a "school of philosophy," or an "Ethical Culture society."
Your Mind and How to Use It | William Walker Atkinson
Long before the introduction of Christianity in the East, Athens was a beacon-light of religious and Ethical Culture.
Old Continental Towns | Walter M. Gallichan
Ethical Culture, like æsthetic culture, means a continual casting aside of early illusory habits of intuition.
Illusions | James Sully
Even the refined ethical-culture groups had no sneer for Father Damon.
The Golden House | Charles Dudley Warner

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