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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Respect boundaries

Honor legitimate emotional, physical, and relational limits.

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
5/41

12.2%

Represented systems
30/93

32.3%

Specific anchors*
0/30

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Honor legitimate emotional, physical, and relational limits.

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 31.9 · recomputed 32.2581

Evidence, mapping by mapping

30 selected mappings

African Charter Duties Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

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 5306. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Anglican Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5307. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Assemblies of God Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official doctrines and position papers

Open original source ↗ ag.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 5308. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5309. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Buddhism · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5310. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Cao Dai Religious Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5311. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Catholic Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5312. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Children's Rights Ethics (CRC) · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Open original source ↗ www.unicef.org

Official framework-level anchor · International ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 5313. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5314. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Gospel Topics, Articles of Faith, and church teaching manuals

Open original source ↗ www.churchofjesuschrist.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 5315. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Confucianism · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5316. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5317. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5318. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5319. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Islam · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · 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 5320. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jainism · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

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 5321. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jehovah's Witness Christian Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official neutrality, impartiality, family, gambling, and peace resources

Open original source ↗ www.jw.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 5322. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jehovah's Witness Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Bible-based moral education and conduct materials

Open original source ↗ www.jw.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic

Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, source context, doctrinal status, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 5323. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

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 5324. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Latter-day Saint Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Respect boundaries · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Articles of Faith, scriptures, and official Church teachings

Open original source ↗ www.churchofjesuschrist.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 5325. 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.

M101 · Family, Sexuality and Relationships

Honor parents

Treat parents and caregivers with respect and appropriate care.

32 / 93 systems mapped · 34.4%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M102 · Family, Sexuality and Relationships

Care for children and dependents

Provide protection, education, affection, and material support.

36 / 93 systems mapped · 38.7%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M103 · Family, Sexuality and Relationships

Practice marital fidelity

Honor mutual commitments within marriage.

30 / 93 systems mapped · 32.3%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious131
Overall Rank173
Nonreligious Rank255
Religious Frequency Tier15
Religions Sharing25
Religious Systems52
Religious %48.1
Nonreligious Groups Sharing5
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %12.2
All Systems Sharing30
All Systems94
Overall %31.9
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index25.4
Religious Adoption Gap35.9

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.