Forgive or restructure impossible debts
Provide humane relief when repayment becomes destructive.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Return lost or entrusted property
Restore property to its rightful owner.
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
- 25/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 7/41
- Represented systems
- 32/93
- Specific anchors*
- 0/32
48.1%
17.1%
34.4%
0.0%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Restore property to its rightful owner.
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 34 · recomputed 34.4086
Evidence, mapping by mapping
32 selected mappings
Anglican Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
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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 5055. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5056. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Buddhism · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5057. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Cao Dai Religious Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
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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 5058. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Catholic Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5059. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5060. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Church of the Nazarene Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
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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 5061. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Confucianism · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5062. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Disability Rights Ethics (CRPD) · Official framework-level anchor
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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 5063. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
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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 5064. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5065. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Official framework-level anchor
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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 5066. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5067. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5068. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Islam · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5069. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Jainism · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5070. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor
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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 5071. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Kardecist Spiritism · Official framework-level anchor
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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 5072. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Lutheran Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Luther's Small and Large Catechisms and Table of Duties
Open original source ↗ resources.lcms.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 5073. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Maimonides' Sefer HaMitzvot and Mishneh Torah, with Torah source texts
Open original source ↗ www.chabad.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Jewish
Jewish commandments may be ritual, civil, agricultural, Temple-specific, group-specific, or universally ethical; mapping does not erase those distinctions.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 5074. 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.
Make restitution
Repair material or relational harm.
Practice honest commerce
Use truthful claims and nonfraudulent exchange.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 123 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 154 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 182 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 15 |
| Religions Sharing | 25 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 48.1 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 7 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 17.1 |
| All Systems Sharing | 32 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 34 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 0 |
| Direct Evidence % | 0 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 35.6 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 31 |
Religion-weighted commonality