Eric Butterworth Metamorality: A Metaphysical Approach to the Ten Commandments

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Thursday, April 30, 2026

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Acknowledgment is made to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., and to Faber and Faber Ltd., publishers of The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot, for permission to reprint lines from The Cocktail Party by T. S. Eliot.

The Bible references, unless otherwise indicated, are from the Revised Standard Version, copyright 1946 (renewed 1973), 1952 and © 1971 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.

(This book was formerly published by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc., under the title How to Break the Ten Commandments.)

To Olga, my beautiful helpmate for her loving support and indispensable collaboration of the Spirit

Contents

• Introduction
• The First Commandment
• The Second Commandment
• The Third Commandment
• The Fourth Commandment
• The Fifth Commandment
• The Sixth Commandment
• The Seventh Commandment
• The Eighth Commandment
• The Ninth Commandment
• The Tenth Commandment