Ethical Culture

American  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

He grew up on the Upper West Side and attended the Ethical Culture School.

From New York Times

There’s another from 1973 where a group called the Ethical Culture Society set up a meet and greet with Frankenstein’s monster for kids, as an alternative to sitting on Santa Claus’s lap.

From New York Times

She created the well-regarded dance program at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, a private school in the Bronx where she taught for 34 years beginning in 1976.

From New York Times

Staughton Craig Lynd was born in Philadelphia on Nov. 22, 1929, to Robert and Helen Merrell Lynd, prominent sociologists and co-authors of the landmark “Middletown” studies of life in Muncie, Ind. As he grew up in New York City, Mr. Lynd attended the Ethical Culture and Fieldston schools.

From Washington Post

He grew up among the New York intellectual set, attending the Ethical Culture School and the Fieldston School, and entered Harvard in 1946.

From New York Times