Protect noncombatants
Shield civilians and other nonparticipants from violence.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Reject torture
Do not intentionally inflict severe suffering for coercion or punishment.
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
- 13/41
- Represented systems
- 45/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/45
61.5%
31.7%
48.4%
2.2%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Do not intentionally inflict severe suffering for coercion or punishment.
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 47.9 · recomputed 48.3871
Evidence, mapping by mapping
45 selected mappings
United Methodist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Reject torture · 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 1494. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Universal Human Rights · Specific primary/official anchor
Reject torture · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
UDHR Article 5
Open original source ↗ www.un.org
Specific primary/official 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 1495. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Utilitarian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Reject torture · 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 1496. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
World Medical Association Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Reject torture · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
WMA Declaration of Geneva and International Code of Medical Ethics
Open original source ↗ www.wma.net
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 1497. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Zoroastrianism · Tradition-level research anchor
Reject torture · 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 1498. 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 glorify cruelty
Avoid celebrating suffering, domination, or humiliation.
Avoid unnecessary violence
Do not use force when less harmful means are reasonably available.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 32 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 29 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 58 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 8 |
| Religions Sharing | 32 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 61.5 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 13 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 31.7 |
| All Systems Sharing | 45 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 47.9 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 2.2 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 51.5 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 29.8 |
Religion-weighted commonality