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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Do not retaliate excessively

Reject vengeance that exceeds justice.

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
34/52

65.4%

Nonreligious systems
12/41

29.3%

Represented systems
46/93

49.5%

Specific anchors*
0/46

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Reject vengeance that exceeds justice.

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 48.9 · recomputed 49.4624

Evidence, mapping by mapping

46 selected mappings

UNESCO Peace and Human Rights Education Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not retaliate excessively · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

2023 Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights, International Understanding and Cooperation

Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org

Official framework-level anchor · International educational ethics

Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 680. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Church of Christ Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not retaliate excessively · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official justice, peace, inclusion, and creation-care ministries

Open original source ↗ www.ucc.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic

Framework-level mappings identify a strong analogue; verify exact text, article, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 681. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Methodist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not retaliate excessively · 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 682. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Universal Human Rights · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not retaliate excessively · 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 683. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Utilitarian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not retaliate excessively · 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 684. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Zoroastrianism · Tradition-level research anchor

Do not retaliate excessively · 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 685. 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.

M040 · Life, Violence and Peace

Build conditions for durable peace

Address injustice, fear, deprivation, and exclusion that fuel conflict.

49 / 93 systems mapped · 52.7%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M022 · Life, Violence and Peace

Respect the dignity of life

Treat life as possessing profound moral value.

51 / 93 systems mapped · 54.8%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M030 · Life, Violence and Peace

Treat prisoners humanely

Protect the dignity and basic welfare of detained persons.

50 / 93 systems mapped · 53.8%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious14
Overall Rank20
Nonreligious Rank64
Religious Frequency Tier6
Religions Sharing34
Religious Systems52
Religious %65.4
Nonreligious Groups Sharing12
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %29.3
All Systems Sharing46
All Systems94
Overall %48.9
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index44.8
Religious Adoption Gap36.1

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.