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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Tell the truth
Speak and act honestly rather than intentionally misleading others.
Comparative atlas · Original English corpus · Evidence before conclusions
A mapping is not a verified quotation. Workbook labels are preserved. An absent mapping does not mean rejection. We do not rank the moral worth of any system.
- Religious systems
- 32/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 12/41
- Represented systems
- 44/93
- Specific anchors*
- 8/44
61.5%
29.3%
47.3%
18.2%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Speak and act honestly rather than intentionally misleading others.
This is the atlas’s definition, not a substitute for a tradition’s own interpretation. Scope, exceptions and translations require review of each source.
Preserved calculation difference
The original index differs from recomputed unique-system or specific-anchor counts. Both are retained; the source file is unchanged.
All Systems: source 94 · recomputed 93
Overall %: source 46.8 · recomputed 47.3118
Evidence, mapping by mapping
44 selected mappings
Jehovah's Witness Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Bible morality: honesty means truthful, straightforward, and not deceptive
Open original source ↗ www.jw.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, source context, doctrinal status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1563. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Torah, Prophets, Wisdom literature and rabbinic tradition
Open original source ↗ www.sefaria.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Abrahamic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1564. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Kantian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Groundwork and duty-based ethics
Open original source ↗ www.gutenberg.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Modern philosophy
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1565. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Latter-day Saint Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Article of Faith 13: honest and true
Open original source ↗ www.churchofjesuschrist.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic
Framework-level mappings identify a strong analogue; verify exact text and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1566. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Lutheran Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Luther's Small and Large Catechisms and Table of Duties
Open original source ↗ resources.lcms.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic
Verify the exact section and scope before quoting; framework-level mappings identify strong ethical analogues.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1567. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Maimonides' Sefer HaMitzvot and Mishneh Torah, with Torah source texts
Open original source ↗ www.chabad.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Jewish
Jewish commandments may be ritual, civil, agricultural, Temple-specific, group-specific, or universally ethical; mapping does not erase those distinctions.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1568. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Medical Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
World Medical Association ethical declarations
Open original source ↗ www.wma.net
Tradition-level research anchor · Professional ethics
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1569. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Meher Baba Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Meher Baba messages on love, sacrifice, renunciation, control, service, and truth
Open original source ↗ www.mehercenter.org
Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual tradition
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, translation, historical setting, institutional authority, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1570. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Mennonite Christianity · Specific primary/official anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Confession Article 17: honest affirmation of the truth
Open original source ↗ www.mennoniteusa.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic / peace church
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, translation, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1571. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
NSPE Engineering Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
NSPE Fundamental Canon 3: objective and truthful public statements
Open original source ↗ www.nspe.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Professional ethics
Verify the exact section and scope before quoting; framework-level mappings identify strong ethical analogues.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1572. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) · Specific primary/official anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Quaker integrity and truth testimony
Open original source ↗ quaker.org
Specific primary/official anchor · Abrahamic / peace church
Framework-level mappings identify a strong analogue; verify exact text and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1573. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Friends General Conference materials on peace, integrity, equality, simplicity, community, and stewardship
Open original source ↗ www.fgcquaker.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian peace tradition
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal context, institutional authority, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1574. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Secular Humanism · Tradition-level research anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Amsterdam Declaration
Open original source ↗ humanists.international
Tradition-level research anchor · Modern nonreligious ethics
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1575. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Seventh-day Adventist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
General Conference fundamental beliefs, official statements, and Christian behavior guidance
Open original source ↗ gc.adventist.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, translation, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1576. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Sikhism · Tradition-level research anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Guru Granth Sahib and Sikh ethical principles
Open original source ↗ www.sikhcoalition.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Dharmic
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1577. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Society of Professional Journalists Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
SPJ Code of Ethics
Open original source ↗ www.spj.org
Official framework-level anchor · Professional journalism ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, section, context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1578. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Soto Zen official precept and practice framework
Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Verify the exact translation, ritual context, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1579. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Stoicism · Tradition-level research anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius
Open original source ↗ classics.mit.edu
Tradition-level research anchor · Greco-Roman philosophy
Comparative analogue only; verify exact wording, translation, school, denomination, historical context, scope, and exceptions before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1580. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings
Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1581. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
United Methodist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Tell the truth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
United Methodist Social Principles and Social Creed
Open original source ↗ www.umc.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic
Verify the exact section and scope before quoting; framework-level mappings identify strong ethical analogues.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 1582. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
History and geography: source limits
This edition does not supply a historical genealogy or coordinates for this teaching. Transmission, invention, population and geographic presence are not inferred from a mapping.
Explore connections in the same category
Shared systems in the corpus, not evidence of historical influence.
Give credit for others' work
Do not plagiarize or falsely claim authorship.
Do not gossip maliciously
Avoid spreading harmful, unnecessary, or unverified information.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 34 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 40 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 75 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 8 |
| Religions Sharing | 32 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 61.5 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 12 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 29.3 |
| All Systems Sharing | 44 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 46.8 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 8 |
| Direct Evidence % | 18.2 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 47.6 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 32.2 |
Religion-weighted commonality