Sheffield Ethical Society (1911)

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"Shall we kill each other ?" - lecture by Mr Frank Moore.

Declared that war did not pay due to the inter-dependence of credit. The birth rate was falling and consequently the value of life was increasing. War would be impossible without the working classes. Their education was increasing, and, if war was ever abolished it would be the working classes who abolished it.

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The British Humanist Association has its initial origins in the ethical movement established by Felix Adler in America in 1876. Ten years later, it was brought to Britain by Stanton Coit who formed the London Ethical Society. The aim of the ethical societies was to 'disentangle moral ideals from religious doctrines, metaphysical systems and ethical theories'. The societies were also involved with moral education, penal reform and neighbourhood community work, along with assisting the women's movement and drawing attention to racial, colonial and international problems by initiating and supporting effective action. In 1896, the Union of Ethical Societies was formed and this was incorporated in 1928 as the Ethical Union.

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