Avoid unnecessary violence
Do not use force when less harmful means are reasonably available.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Protect innocent life
Act prudently to protect people from grave 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
Act prudently to protect people from grave 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
Universal Human Rights · Tradition-level research anchor
Protect innocent life · 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 2684. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Utilitarian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Protect innocent life · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Welfare, consequences and impartial concern
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 2685. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Zoroastrianism · Tradition-level research anchor
Protect innocent life · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Avesta and Asha-centered ethics
Open original source ↗ www.avesta.org
Tradition-level research anchor · Iranian
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 2686. 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.
Do not murder
Do not intentionally and unjustly kill a human being.
Respect the dignity of life
Treat life as possessing profound moral value.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 61 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 45 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 69 |
| 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