Is St James Ethics Centre a religious or political organisation?

Despite the fact that it has ‘saint’ and ‘ethics’ in its name, St James Ethics Centre is not a religious organisation. It is instead is an independent not-for-profit which is open to all and committed to promoting the ‘examined life’.

To put things in perspective, the Ethics Centre's name is an indication of its origin in the community of St James' Anglican Church in King Street, Sydney, Australia. However, the genius of its founders was to recognise that if it were to succeed, the organisation would need to be fully independent and open to people of all faiths and no faith at all. This is now formally the status of St James Ethics Centre. Learn more about the history of the Ethics Centre.

Given this need for independence, the Ethics Centre is also not a political organisation. It has no formal political affiliations. Instead it relies entirely on the public sector for funding.

Learn more about how you or your organisation can support the work of the Ethics Centre by way of membership, donations and other kinds of support.