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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

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Treat authority as responsibility for the common good.

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

48.1%

Nonreligious systems
11/41

26.8%

Represented systems
36/93

38.7%

Specific anchors*
0/36

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Treat authority as responsibility for the common good.

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 38.3 · recomputed 38.7097

Evidence, mapping by mapping

36 selected mappings

African Charter Duties Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, including individual duties

Open original source ↗ au.int

Official framework-level anchor · African regional ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4884. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Anglican Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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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 4885. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Aristotelian Virtue Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

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Nicomachean Ethics

Open original source ↗ classics.mit.edu

Tradition-level research anchor · Greco-Roman 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 4886. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor

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Official Bahá'í teachings

Open original source ↗ www.bahai.org

Tradition-level research anchor · Abrahamic-derived / independent

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4887. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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Official Brahma Kumaris values, peace, education, responsibility, and environmental materials

Open original source ↗ www.brahmakumaris.org

Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual movement

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 4888. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Buddhism · Tradition-level research anchor

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Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path and suttas

Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org

Tradition-level research anchor · Dharmic

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4889. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Cao Dai Religious Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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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 4890. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Catholic Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

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Catechism and official social teaching

Open original source ↗ www.vatican.va

Tradition-level research anchor · Abrahamic

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4891. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor

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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 4892. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Church of the Nazarene Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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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 4893. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Confucianism · Tradition-level research anchor

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Analects, Mencius and classical ethics

Open original source ↗ ctext.org

Tradition-level research anchor · East Asian

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4894. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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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 4895. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

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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 4896. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Eckankar Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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Official freedom, responsibility, love, experience, and service teachings

Open original source ↗ www.eckankar.org

Official framework-level anchor · Modern spiritual religion

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4897. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Official framework-level anchor

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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 4898. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor

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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 4899. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

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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 4900. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Islam · Tradition-level research anchor

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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 4901. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jainism · Tradition-level research anchor

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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 4902. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor

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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 4903. 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.

M075 · Justice, Law and Governance

Protect freedom of association

Allow peaceful communities and organizations to form.

47 / 93 systems mapped · 50.5%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M079 · Justice, Law and Governance

Obey just laws

Respect legitimate law consistent with moral responsibility.

38 / 93 systems mapped · 40.9%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M064 · Justice, Law and Governance

Do not bribe or corrupt justice

Reject payments or favors that distort public duty.

37 / 93 systems mapped · 39.8%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious118
Overall Rank127
Nonreligious Rank96
Religious Frequency Tier15
Religions Sharing25
Religious Systems52
Religious %48.1
Nonreligious Groups Sharing11
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %26.8
All Systems Sharing36
All Systems94
Overall %38.3
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index55.7
Religious Adoption Gap21.3

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.