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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Protect freedom of expression responsibly

Preserve expression while addressing direct harm and incitement.

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
26/52

50.0%

Nonreligious systems
16/41

39.0%

Represented systems
42/93

45.2%

Specific anchors*
0/42

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Preserve expression while addressing direct harm and incitement.

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 44.7 · recomputed 45.1613

Evidence, mapping by mapping

42 selected mappings

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 4164. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Kantian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Groundwork and duty-based ethics

Open original source ↗ www.gutenberg.org

Tradition-level research anchor · Modern 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 4165. 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 4166. 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 4167. 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 4168. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Medical Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

World Medical Association ethical declarations

Open original source ↗ www.wma.net

Tradition-level research anchor · Professional 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 4169. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Mennonite Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective

Open original source ↗ www.mennoniteusa.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / peace church

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4170. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Moravian Church Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Moravian teaching on unity, liberty, love, faith, hope, and respectful disagreement

Open original source ↗ www.moravian.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4171. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship

Open original source ↗ quaker.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / peace church

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4172. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Secular Humanism · Tradition-level research anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Amsterdam Declaration

Open original source ↗ humanists.international

Tradition-level research anchor · Modern nonreligious 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 4173. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Sikhism · Tradition-level research anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Guru Granth Sahib and Sikh ethical principles

Open original source ↗ www.sikhcoalition.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 4174. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Software Engineering Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

ACM/IEEE Software Engineering Code of Ethics

Open original source ↗ www.acm.org

Official framework-level anchor · Professional ethics

Verify the exact section and scope before quoting; framework-level mappings identify strong ethical analogues.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4175. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Stoicism · Tradition-level research anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Epictetus, Seneca and Marcus Aurelius

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 4176. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

The Salvation Army Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

International mission, social justice, governance, and values statements

Open original source ↗ www.salvationarmy.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

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 4177. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

UNESCO Tolerance Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

UNESCO Declaration of Principles on Tolerance

Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org

Official framework-level anchor · International cultural and educational ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4178. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Church of Christ Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official justice, peace, inclusion, and creation-care ministries

Open original source ↗ www.ucc.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4179. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Methodist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

United Methodist Social Principles and Social Creed

Open original source ↗ www.umc.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 4180. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Nations Human Rights Defenders Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Declaration on Human Rights Defenders

Open original source ↗ www.ohchr.org

Official framework-level anchor · International human-rights ethics

Framework-level mapping: verify the exact article, context, legal or ethical status, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4181. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Universal Human Rights · Tradition-level research anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Open original source ↗ www.un.org

Tradition-level research anchor · International 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 4182. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Utilitarian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Welfare, consequences and impartial concern

Open original source ↗ www.gutenberg.org

Tradition-level research anchor · Modern 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 4183. 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
M073 · Justice, Law and Governance

Protect freedom of conscience

Avoid coercion in matters of ultimate belief.

43 / 93 systems mapped · 46.2%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M068 · Justice, Law and Governance

Respect equal human dignity

Recognize the moral worth of every person.

45 / 93 systems mapped · 48.4%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious98
Overall Rank60
Nonreligious Rank26
Religious Frequency Tier14
Religions Sharing26
Religious Systems52
Religious %50
Nonreligious Groups Sharing16
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %39
All Systems Sharing42
All Systems94
Overall %44.7
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index78
Religious Adoption Gap11

Moderately shared across both spheres

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.