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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Forgive or restructure impossible debts

Provide humane relief when repayment becomes destructive.

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
28/52

53.8%

Nonreligious systems
7/41

17.1%

Represented systems
35/93

37.6%

Specific anchors*
0/35

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Provide humane relief when repayment becomes destructive.

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 37.2 · recomputed 37.6344

Evidence, mapping by mapping

35 selected mappings

Anglican Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3643. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3644. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Buddhism · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3645. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Cao Dai Religious Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Cao Dai teachings on love, justice, moderation, universal kinship, and religious harmony

Open original source ↗ caodai.com.vn

Official framework-level anchor · Vietnamese syncretic religion

Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, translation, historical setting, institutional authority, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3646. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Catholic Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3647. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Christian Science Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official tenets and Church Manual ethics

Open original source ↗ www.christianscience.com

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3648. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3649. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Gospel Topics, Articles of Faith, and church teaching manuals

Open original source ↗ www.churchofjesuschrist.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3650. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Church of the Nazarene Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official beliefs, mission, compassionate ministry, discipleship, holiness, and Manual resources

Open original source ↗ nazarene.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, translation, historical setting, institutional authority, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3651. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Confucianism · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3652. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Disability Rights Ethics (CRPD) · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Open original source ↗ social.desa.un.org

Official framework-level anchor · International ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3653. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Earth Charter principles of respect, ecological integrity, justice, democracy, nonviolence, and peace

Open original source ↗ earthcharter.org

Official framework-level anchor · Global ecological and social ethics

Framework-level mapping: verify the exact principle or article, affected community, legal status, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3654. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3655. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3656. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3657. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3658. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Islam · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3659. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jainism · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3660. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · 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 3661. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Kardecist Spiritism · Official framework-level anchor

Forgive or restructure impossible debts · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Allan Kardec's moral teachings and official United States Spiritist Federation resources

Open original source ↗ spiritist.us

Official framework-level anchor · Spiritist religious-philosophical tradition

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 3662. 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.

M044 · Property, Work and Economic Justice

Practice honest commerce

Use truthful claims and nonfraudulent exchange.

46 / 93 systems mapped · 49.5%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M050 · Property, Work and Economic Justice

Respect rest and humane limits on labor

Protect recovery, worship, family life, and health.

47 / 93 systems mapped · 50.5%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M059 · Property, Work and Economic Justice

Return lost or entrusted property

Restore property to its rightful owner.

32 / 93 systems mapped · 34.4%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious85
Overall Rank131
Nonreligious Rank164
Religious Frequency Tier12
Religions Sharing28
Religious Systems52
Religious %53.8
Nonreligious Groups Sharing7
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %17.1
All Systems Sharing35
All Systems94
Overall %37.2
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index31.8
Religious Adoption Gap36.7

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.