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Do the ten commandments contain "the whole of morality," as was recently claimed on a TV show? Surely they do not, as closer scrutiny will prove. The first four commandments reveal a jealous and zealous God who forbids the worship of any God but himself, forbids the making of any likeness of himself, commands to never use his name in vain and forbids any work on the Sabbath. There are numerous Gods whose commandments are more dignified and awe inspiring. According to the fifth commandment, mother and father should be honored "so that you will live long and that you will prosper in the land that the lord, your God, will give you." Thus the parents should not be honored for their own sake, or because they reared their children with all the attendant effort and worry and expense. This is obviously not enough; instead, a "long life" and "wellness" must be promised. Moralistic philosophers have called these ethics of reward and punishment downright immoral. The sixth commandment ("Thou shalt not kill") is contrary to survival, because it does not permit killing out of self-defense, and would not even permit soldiers to carry weapons. The other four commandments do not offer anything remarkable and consist partly of truisms and repetitions while the tenth commandment places woman on the same level with cattle as property of the man. For sixty years, the Artgemeinschaft (engl.= Kindred Association) has replaced Christian morality with ethics originating in heathen ideas. Using recent socio-biological findings, we have further developed these ideas to form the "Ethical Law of our Kind." It represents the foundation of ethical conceptions in the Artgemeinschaft. The Ethical Law of our Kind 1. The ethical law within us bids us to maintain our honor and to respect the honor of our esteemed equals. 2. The ethical law within us commands bravery and courage in every situation and death-defying boldness and valour against any enemy of family, kindred, land and folk of Germanic kind and faith. 3. The ethical law within us commands the struggle to remain free from foreign control and uncompromising firmness in the fight for a life in accordance with the laws of our own kind. 4. The ethical law within us commands pride in our own achievements and those of our own kind, as well as self-consciousness, self-respect, self-affirmation and self-confidence. 5. The ethical law within us commands us to accept the honest appreciation of others of our kind joyfully. However, it also commands: "Be more and pretend less." 6. The ethical law within us bids us to strive for health, beauty and wellness of body and soul, as well as care for and joyful affirmation of the body. 7. The ethical law within us bids us to strive for knowledge and wisdom and for prevention out of foresight; to be thoughtful, not fearful; to strive for superiority based on reflection, ingenuity and vision, and, when necessary, silence and secrecy. 8. The ethical law within us commands the responsible increase of our strength, our will to power and our capacity to use that power wisely. 9. The ethical law within us bids us to help ourselves whenever possible. 10. The ethical law within us commands self-control, composure as well as objectivity. 11. The ethical law within us bids us to observe moderation in food and drink and at feasts. 12. The ethical law within us bids us to cultivate the love and enjoyment of life, to live life cheerfully and joyously, but also to seek joy in overcoming difficulties. 13. The ethical law in us commands to make sacrifices for a grand goal and purpose. 14. The ethical law in us commands productivity and proficiency as well as readyness to protect those nearest to us, those entrusted to us, our kindred and community, our kind- in short, to be steadfast, persevering and tough. 15. The ethical law within us commands the preservation, unification and propagation of our Germanic kind. 16. The ethical law within us commands our adherence to a superior leader, whilst having the right and duty to voice dissenting advice according to our best knowledge and conscience. 17. The ethical law within us bids us to keep the peace within the community and forbids the breaking of oaths. 18. The ethical law within us commands the inviolability of a comrade's marriage. 19. The ethical law within us commands us to choose a spouse of the same kind, the guarantee for children of like kind. 20. The ethical law within us commands the proper rearing of our children, as well as the honoring of father and mother. 21. The ethical law within us bids us to be generous towards our kin and adherents, to help our comrades in need with advice and deeds, and to be hospitable towards related peoples. 22. The ethical law within us commands loyalty and trust, truthfulness, uprightness and openness, consideration, affection and love towards next of kin, friends and comrades, vigilance and caution towards foreigners, harshness and hate towards enemies. 23. The ethical law within us commands justice, which means rewarding good with good and fighting maliciousness, which means showing gratitude for any help, reciprocating gifts, and which means rewarding deceit with deception and avenging injustice. 24. The ethical law within us forbids murder, rape and theft, envy, greed and jealousy towards anyone.