Ethical living should transcend the morals of society and put the needs of fellow man first. Many societies have elements that deny the rights and needs of man. We could describe ethical living simply as not doing to others what you would not want them to do to you. But that eliminates many of the things that ethical living should include so we have to put this in a positive way by saying that you love and respect your fellow man as yourself. That love and respect is in thought and in action; one without the other is worthless.