Definitions for "Ethical will"
a complementary text that communicates personal values, beliefs, blessings, and advice to relatives and to future generations
a document that records your personal values, beliefs, life lessons, hopes and wishes for your family, friends, and community
a document that transmits personal reflections on life and/or bequeaths an instructive account of our ideals and values
An Ethical will (Hebrew "Zevaoth") is a species of ethical tract which was historically peculiar to Jewish moralists. Rabbis and Jewish laypeople have continued to write ethical wills during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (Reimer) The practice has been recommended to the general public in BusinessWeek magazine and in an American Bar Association electronic newsletter as an aid to estate planning.
a gift of opportunity unbridled by rules or social norms
a gift to both the giver and the receiver