Home›Moral Precepts›Obligation›ObligatoryBrowse ByObligatoryThis page groups beliefs by whether a tradition requires adherents to hold them. Wikipedia notes one live philosophical debate asks "what is the rational way to revise one's beliefs when presented with various sorts of evidence?" Browsing by obligation lets a visitor tell a required belief from one merely tolerated within a tradition.FactsLearn MoreObligatorySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRules of conduct a tradition states as binding on its members - commandments, precepts, vows, training rules. Each is given as the tradition frames it, because the force of a rule differs with its frame: a Buddhist precept undertaken as a training rule is not a commandment, and a monastic vow is not a law binding on the laity. 2StatusStanding as a Comparative CategoryWell-attestedA standard analytic category in the study of religion 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedBeliefs & Restrictions 1Learn MoreThe Moral Precepts This group holds the moral precepts of the traditions, the ethical rules and principles by which a religion directs conduct: commandments, precepts and codes that set out how the faithful should live toward God and one another. The browser will find the moral precepts the atlas gathers. The entries describe each in its own terms, noting the tradition that teaches it and how it is understood within that tradition.ObligatoryFilter Results17 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllAffirmed, but left to individual conscience (1)Binding, without a formal definition (15)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (1)Standard teaching, not formally defined (2)Origin Period Start YearAll-1500 (1)1527 (1)Affirmation OfAllAhimsa (1)The Noble Eightfold Path (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (4)Moral Precepts (6)Prohibitions (1)TraditionAllAmerican Humanist Association (2)Amish (3)Anabaptism (3)Beta Israel (1)Breslov Hasidism (1)Chabad-Lubavitch (1)Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) (1)Church of Satan (1)Conservative Judaism (1)Digambara (1)Ethical Culture (1)Haredi Judaism (1)Humanistic Judaism (1)Humanists International (2)Irani Zoroastrianism (1)Karaite Judaism (1)Lingayatism (1)Mahayana (1)Mennonites (3)Modern Orthodox Judaism (1)New Atheism (1)Oneida Community (2)Order of Nine Angles (1)Orthodox Judaism (1)Parsi Zoroastrianism (1)Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) (2)Seventh-day Adventism (2)Shakers (3)Svetambara (1)Theravada (1)SubjectAllCommunity and its boundaries (2)Ethics and conduct (11)Knowledge and reason (2)Ritual and worship (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 17Ahimsa in the extremeObligatoryAntinomian transgressionObligatoryBelief should be proportioned to the evidenceObligatoryCelibacy required of all membersObligatoryChristian pacifism (nonresistance)ObligatoryCommunity of goodsObligatoryComplex marriageObligatoryFoot washing as an ordinanceObligatoryFree inquiry must not be limited by dogma or authorityObligatoryGood thoughts, good words, good deedsObligatoryIndulgence and rational self-interestObligatoryKayaka: Labour Itself Is WorshipObligatoryLove your neighbor as yourselfObligatoryObserve the Sabbath (Shabbat)ObligatoryRefusal of the oathObligatoryRight conduct of the Eightfold PathObligatoryThe Ten CommandmentsObligatorySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.