Respect equal human dignity
Recognize the moral worth of every person.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Obey just laws
Respect legitimate law consistent with moral responsibility.
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
- 28/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 10/41
- Represented systems
- 38/93
- Specific anchors*
- 0/38
53.8%
24.4%
40.9%
0.0%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Respect legitimate law consistent with moral responsibility.
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 40.4 · recomputed 40.8602
Evidence, mapping by mapping
1 selected mappings
Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor
Obey just laws · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Old and New Testaments
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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 3501. 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.
Hold leaders accountable
Subject rulers and institutions to moral and legal standards.
Protect freedom of association
Allow peaceful communities and organizations to form.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 81 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 99 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 105 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 12 |
| Religions Sharing | 28 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 53.8 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 10 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 24.4 |
| All Systems Sharing | 38 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 40.4 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 0 |
| Direct Evidence % | 0 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 45.4 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 29.4 |
Religion-weighted commonality