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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Do not slander

Do not unjustly damage another person's reputation through false or reckless claims.

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
31/52

59.6%

Nonreligious systems
11/41

26.8%

Represented systems
42/93

45.2%

Specific anchors*
0/42

0.0%

*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.

Corpus definition

Do not unjustly damage another person's reputation through false or reckless claims.

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 44.7 · recomputed 45.1613

Evidence, mapping by mapping

42 selected mappings

Kantian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not slander · 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 2834. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Latter-day Saint Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Articles of Faith, scriptures, and official Church teachings

Open original source ↗ www.churchofjesuschrist.org

Official framework-level 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 2835. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Lutheran Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2836. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2837. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Medical Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not slander · 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 2838. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Meher Baba Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2839. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Mennonite Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective

Open original source ↗ www.mennoniteusa.org

Official framework-level 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 2840. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship

Open original source ↗ quaker.org

Official framework-level 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 2841. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2842. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Secular Humanism · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not slander · 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 2843. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Seventh-day Adventist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2844. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Sikhism · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not slander · 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 2845. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Society of Professional Journalists Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2846. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2847. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Stoicism · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not slander · 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 2848. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2849. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

UN Indigenous Peoples Rights Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Open original source ↗ www.un.org

Official framework-level anchor · International and Indigenous rights ethics

Framework-level mapping: verify the exact principle or article, affected community, legal status, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2850. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Methodist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · 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 2851. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Unity Worldwide Spiritual Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not slander · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Unity Five Principles and teachings on lived truth, spiritual worth, prayer, meditation, and equality

Open original source ↗ www.unity.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / New Thought Christian

Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, institutional authority, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2852. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Universal Human Rights · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not slander · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Open original source ↗ www.un.org

Tradition-level research anchor · International 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 2853. 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.

M017 · Truth, Speech and Knowledge

Give credit for others' work

Do not plagiarize or falsely claim authorship.

45 / 93 systems mapped · 48.4%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M001 · Truth, Speech and Knowledge

Tell the truth

Speak and act honestly rather than intentionally misleading others.

44 / 93 systems mapped · 47.3%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M002 · Truth, Speech and Knowledge

Do not bear false witness

Do not give false testimony, fabricate accusations, or knowingly misrepresent another person.

41 / 93 systems mapped · 44.1%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious65
Overall Rank54
Nonreligious Rank82
Religious Frequency Tier9
Religions Sharing31
Religious Systems52
Religious %59.6
Nonreligious Groups Sharing11
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %26.8
All Systems Sharing42
All Systems94
Overall %44.7
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index45
Religious Adoption Gap32.8

Religion-weighted commonality

Provenance: Universal Moral Code — Statistical Atlas, Edition XXI. Names, definitions and source anchors are preserved verbatim. This atlas describes its corpus, not all beliefs or practices worldwide.