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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Prevent suicide and self-destruction

Protect life while responding compassionately to despair.

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
38/52

73.1%

Nonreligious systems
10/41

24.4%

Represented systems
48/93

51.6%

Specific anchors*
0/48

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Protect life while responding compassionately to despair.

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 51.1 · recomputed 51.6129

Evidence, mapping by mapping

1 selected mappings

Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor

Prevent suicide and self-destruction · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Torah, Prophets, Wisdom literature and rabbinic tradition

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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 188. 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.

M021 · Life, Violence and Peace

Do not murder

Do not intentionally and unjustly kill a human being.

44 / 93 systems mapped · 47.3%
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
M028 · Life, Violence and Peace

Do not retaliate excessively

Reject vengeance that exceeds justice.

46 / 93 systems mapped · 49.5%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious4
Overall Rank11
Nonreligious Rank107
Religious Frequency Tier3
Religions Sharing38
Religious Systems52
Religious %73.1
Nonreligious Groups Sharing10
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %24.4
All Systems Sharing48
All Systems94
Overall %51.1
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index33.4
Religious Adoption Gap48.7

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.