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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Respect equal human dignity
Recognize the moral worth of every person.
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
- 29/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 16/41
- Represented systems
- 45/93
- Specific anchors*
- 4/45
55.8%
39.0%
48.4%
8.9%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Recognize the moral worth of every person.
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 47.9 · recomputed 48.3871
Evidence, mapping by mapping
45 selected mappings
African Charter Duties Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Respect equal human dignity · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
African Charter Articles 3-5: equality, equal protection, and dignity
Open original source ↗ achpr.au.int
Specific primary/official 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 3314. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Anglican Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3315. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Aristotelian Virtue Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
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 3316. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3317. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
British Unitarian Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Respect equal human dignity · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Unitarian teachings on freedom, reason, tolerance, conscience, dignity, inclusion, and service
Open original source ↗ www.unitarian.org.uk
Official framework-level anchor · Liberal religious tradition
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal context, institutional authority, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3318. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Buddhism · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3319. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Cao Dai Religious Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3320. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Catholic Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3321. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Christian Science Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3322. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3323. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Church of the Nazarene Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3324. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Confucianism · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3325. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Disability Rights Ethics (CRPD) · Specific primary/official anchor
Respect equal human dignity · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
CRPD inherent dignity and autonomy
Open original source ↗ www.un.org
Specific primary/official 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 3326. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3327. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3328. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Specific primary/official anchor
Respect equal human dignity · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Ethical Humanism principle: respect for human worth
Open original source ↗ aeu.org
Specific primary/official 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 3329. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3330. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Humanists International - Modern Humanism · Official framework-level anchor
Respect equal human dignity · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Amsterdam Declaration 2022 / Declaration of Modern Humanism
Open original source ↗ humanists.international
Official framework-level anchor · Modern nonreligious ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, institutional status, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 3331. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3332. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Islam · Tradition-level research anchor
Respect equal human dignity · 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 3333. 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.
Do not discriminate unjustly
Reject unequal treatment based on irrelevant status distinctions.
Hold leaders accountable
Subject rulers and institutions to moral and legal standards.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 77 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 30 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 28 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 11 |
| Religions Sharing | 29 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 55.8 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 16 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 39 |
| All Systems Sharing | 45 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 47.9 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 4 |
| Direct Evidence % | 8.9 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 69.9 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 16.8 |
Religion-weighted commonality