The Ethical Society is a congregation of members who are joined together by a common commitment to improving human relations and a desire for a more meaningful and humane life, for themselves and for others. The Society is a religious and educational fellowship based on the premise that ethical concerns are the central religious issues. Our activities are oriented to education and service.
Many people think that religion is a deity-centered belief system.
We don't promote or require dogma or doctrine, and we don't require agreement about theism. Yet many of our members hold Ethical Culture to be religion in another sense. We are ultimately concerned about ethical development, ethical behavior and the ethical fate of humankind. In the United States, Ethical Culture has been recognized legally as a religious organization. The Ethical Society is a religious congregation of members, in many ways like a church or a synagogue.