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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Use power to serve

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

1 selected mappings

Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor

Use power to serve · 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 4892. 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.