Do not gossip maliciously
Avoid spreading harmful, unnecessary, or unverified information.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech
Do not speak carelessly when words may create foreseeable harm.
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
- Nonreligious systems
- 12/41
- Represented systems
- 43/93
- Specific anchors*
- 0/43
59.6%
29.3%
46.2%
0.0%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Do not speak carelessly when words may create foreseeable harm.
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 45.7 · recomputed 46.2366
Evidence, mapping by mapping
43 selected mappings
ACM Computing Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
Open original source ↗ www.acm.org
Official framework-level 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 2601. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Ananda Marga Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Yama, Niyama, morality, and service teachings
Open original source ↗ www.anandamarga.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Tantric yoga tradition
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2602. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Anglican Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Church of England Commandments, Catechism, and Living Out Our Faith
Open original source ↗ www.churchofengland.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 2603. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Aristotelian Virtue Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Nicomachean Ethics
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 2604. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Bahá'í teachings
Open original source ↗ www.bahai.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Abrahamic-derived / independent
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 2605. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Brahma Kumaris values, peace, education, responsibility, and environmental materials
Open original source ↗ www.brahmakumaris.org
Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual movement
Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, doctrinal or institutional authority, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2606. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Buddhism · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path and suttas
Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.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 2607. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Catholic Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Catechism and official social teaching
Open original source ↗ www.vatican.va
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 2608. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Christian Science Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Bible, Science and Health, and official Christian Science moral teaching
Open original source ↗ www.christianscience.com
Official framework-level 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 2609. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Old and New Testaments
Open original source ↗ www.biblegateway.com
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 2610. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Church of the Brethren Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official beliefs, Annual Conference statements, and peacebuilding resources
Open original source ↗ www.brethren.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / peace church
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2611. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Confucianism · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Analects, Mencius and classical ethics
Open original source ↗ ctext.org
Tradition-level research anchor · East Asian
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 2612. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Faith
Open original source ↗ www.oca.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 2613. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Official framework-level anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
American Ethical Union principles of human worth, ethical action, and freedom of belief
Open original source ↗ aeu.org
Official framework-level anchor · Ethical religion and humanism
Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, source context, doctrinal status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 2614. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras and dharma traditions
Open original source ↗ www.gitasupersite.iitk.ac.in
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 2615. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Reciprocity, kinship, land responsibility and community continuity
Open original source ↗ www.un.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Comparative indigenous 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 2616. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Islam · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Qur'an and major hadith collections
Open original source ↗ quran.com
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 2617. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Jainism · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Great vows, ahimsa and Jain canonical traditions
Open original source ↗ www.sacred-texts.com
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 2618. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Jehovah's Witness Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Bible-based moral education and conduct materials
Open original source ↗ www.jw.org
Official framework-level 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 2619. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor
Avoid idle or irresponsible speech · 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 2620. 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.
Correct harmful misinformation
Take reasonable steps to correct false information that harms persons or communities.
Keep confidences
Protect entrusted information unless disclosure is required to prevent serious harm.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 60 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 41 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 63 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 9 |
| Religions Sharing | 31 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 59.6 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 12 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 29.3 |
| All Systems Sharing | 43 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 45.7 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 0 |
| Direct Evidence % | 0 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 49.2 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 30.3 |
Religion-weighted commonality