ethical will

American  

noun

1. a document in which the writer shares personal values and beliefs, life stories, advice etc., with the intent of passing them on to future generations.

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Etymology

Origin of ethical will

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

Everplans, for example, has a worksheet to help people create an ethical will, a document that communicates their values, life lessons and most important experiences.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2022

He penned a kind of ethical will — a powerful statement of his moral legacy.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2020

I can think of no better way to close this article than to recommend that you undertake the composition of an ethical will.

From Time Magazine Archive

One way to promote spiritual well-being is through the writing of an ethical will.

From Time Magazine Archive

The constant inevitable condition of the religious communion is the ethical will.

From Theology and the Social Consciousness A Study of the Relations of the Social Consciousness to Theology (2nd ed.) by King, Henry Churchill