Ethical Culture

Ethical Culture was founded by Felix Adler in 1876. Ethical Culture is a humanistic, religious, and educational movement working to create a better world through ethical actions. We are dedicated to the ideal that the highest value is human worth and that our relationships to each other are of greatest ethical concern. Our commitment is to the worth and dignity of the individual and to treating each human being so as to bring out the best in him or her. Members join together in ethical societies to assist each other in developing ethical ideas and ideals, to celebrate life's joys, and support each other through life's crises.

Ethical Culture contains little creed or dogma. It's basic values and principles can be found in the "Eight Commitments of Ethical Culture". We force no one to subscribe even to these, but the mainstream of Ethical Culture endorses these commitments.

The American Ethical Union's home page also has more information about Ethical Culture in the U.S. There are some excellent resources there. [www.aeu.org]

Our Ethical Society

The Ethical Humanist Society of the Triangle (EHST), founded in 1987, is one of 22 societies in the United States which form the American Ethical Union. We meet every Sunday from 1:30 - 3PM at Extraordinary Ventures in Chapel Hill, NC. Platform meetings are on the first and third Sundays of the month. Community leaders, professors, social activists, as well as members from our own society inform the society on ethical issues confronting our local community, as well as issues of national, and international importance. This is followed by a question and answer session. Fellowship and refreshments are available before and after the platform meetings. Childcare for toddlers and above is provided for platform meetings. The second and fourth Sunday's meetings are discussions centering around the platform topic of the preceding Sunday. All meetings are open to the public.

Affiliations

We are also affiliated with American Humanist Association (AHA). Our affiliation means that we feel a close synergy with the American Humanist Association, while at the same time being primarily dedicated to the goals and mission of the American Ethical Union. We do not necessarily agree with all of the policies of the AHA, but we feel that our commonality is much greater than our differences. We welcome all humanists to our meetings, as well as all people who can place ethics as their ultimate concern.

As a member organization of the American Ethical Union, we are also members of the International Humanist Ethical Union (IHEU).

For more information on Humanism, visit the following websites:

1. American Humanist Association
   http://www.humanist.net
   

2. Council for Secular Humanism
   http://www.secularhumanism.org
   

3. International Humanist Ethical Union
   http://www.iheu.org
   

4. Secular Coalition of America
   http://www.secular.org