Home›Moral Precepts›Subject›Ethics and conductBrowse ByEthics and conductThis page groups beliefs by what they are actually about. Wikipedia notes that "to believe something is to take it to be true; for instance, to believe that snow is white is comparable to accepting the truth of the proposition 'snow is white.'" Browsing by subject lets a visitor find every belief built around the same underlying topic.FactsLearn MoreEthics and conductSourcesComments (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.Ethics and conductFilter Results22 entriesStatus Within the TraditionAllAffirmed, but left to individual conscience (1)Binding, without a formal definition (19)Genuinely disputed within the tradition (1)Rejected, or not held, within this tradition (1)Standard teaching, not formally defined (1)The mainstream position, not formally binding (1)Origin Period Start YearAll-1500 (1)1527 (1)1964 (1)Affirmation OfAllAhimsa (1)Dharma (1)The Noble Eightfold Path (1)The Seven Fundamental Tenets (1)The Wiccan Rede (1)Wu wei (1)Category of BeliefAllCore Tenets (4)Moral Precepts (11)Prohibitions (1)TraditionAllAlexandrian Wicca (1)American Humanist Association (1)Amish (2)Anabaptism (2)Anglican Communion (1)Assemblies of God (1)Church of Satan (1)Community of Christ (1)Dianic Wicca (1)Digambara (2)Dragon Gate (1)Eclectic Solitary Wicca (1)Ethical Culture (2)Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (1)Feri Tradition (1)Gardnerian Wicca (1)Global Methodist Church (1)Humanists International (1)Irani Zoroastrianism (1)Lingayatism (1)Mahayana (1)Mennonites (2)Order of Nine Angles (1)Parsi Zoroastrianism (1)Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) (1)Quakerism (Religious Society of Friends) (2)Quanzhen (Complete Reality) (1)Reclaiming (1)Roman Catholicism (1)Seax-Wica (1)Seventh-day Adventism (1)Shakers (2)Shangqing (Highest Clarity) (1)Southern Baptist Convention (1)Svetambara (2)The Episcopal Church (1)The Satanic Temple (1)The United Methodist Church (1)Theravada (2)United Church of Christ (1)Zhengyi (Orthodox Unity) (1)ObligationAllObligatory (11)Obligatory on those who meet its conditions (2)Optional and voluntary (1)Recommended and meritorious, not required (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 22Ahimsa in the extremeEthics and conductAntinomian transgressionEthics and conductCelibacy required of all membersEthics and conductChristian pacifism (nonresistance)Ethics and conductDeed Before Creed: Conduct, Not Belief About God, Is the Ground of Religious LifeEthics and conductDharma: righteous dutyEthics and conductDo not kill (First Precept)Ethics and conductGood thoughts, good words, good deedsEthics and conductHarm none (the Wiccan Rede)Ethics and conductIndulgence and rational self-interestEthics and conductKayaka: Labour Itself Is WorshipEthics and conductLove your neighbor as yourselfEthics and conductMarriage as a covenant between one man and one womanEthics and conductMorality is grounded in human welfare, not divine commandEthics and conductRefusal of the oathEthics and conductReligious duty consists in doing justice and loving mercyEthics and conductRight conduct of the Eightfold PathEthics and conductThe five great vows (mahavratas)Ethics and conductThe full inclusion of LGBTQ people in ordination and marriageEthics and conductThe Seven Fundamental TenetsEthics and conductThe Ten CommandmentsEthics and conductWu wei (effortless action)Ethics and conductSources1. 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.