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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Preserve intergenerational responsibility

Maintain care, memory, and duties across generations.

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
27/52

51.9%

Nonreligious systems
8/41

19.5%

Represented systems
35/93

37.6%

Specific anchors*
0/35

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Maintain care, memory, and duties across generations.

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 37.2 · recomputed 37.6344

Evidence, mapping by mapping

35 selected mappings

Jehovah's Witness Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · 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 4004. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · 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 4005. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Latter-day Saint Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · 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 4006. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Lutheran Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

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 4007. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Migrant Worker Rights Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

Open original source ↗ www.ohchr.org

Official framework-level anchor · International labor and migration ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4008. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Secular Humanism · Tradition-level research anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

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 4009. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Seventh-day Adventist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

General Conference fundamental beliefs, official statements, and Christian behavior guidance

Open original source ↗ gc.adventist.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4010. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Official fundamental beliefs on Christian behavior, stewardship, health, family, and salvation

Open original source ↗ adventist.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 4011. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Sikhism · Tradition-level research anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

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 4012. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Soto Zen official precept and practice framework

Open original source ↗ www.sotozen.com

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Verify the exact translation, ritual context, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4013. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.org

Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist

Framework-level mapping: verify exact text, school, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4014. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Methodist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

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 4015. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Nations Principles for Older Persons · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

UN Principles for Older Persons: independence, participation, care, self-fulfillment, and dignity

Open original source ↗ www.un.org

Official framework-level anchor · International ageing ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4016. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Universal Human Rights · Tradition-level research anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

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 4017. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

World Heritage Stewardship Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage

Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org

Official framework-level anchor · International cultural and environmental 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 4018. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Zoroastrianism · Tradition-level research anchor

Preserve intergenerational responsibility · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Avesta and Asha-centered ethics

Open original source ↗ www.avesta.org

Tradition-level research anchor · Iranian

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 4019. 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.

M111 · Family, Sexuality and Relationships

Love or care for one's neighbor

Seek the well-being of people in one's moral community.

47 / 93 systems mapped · 50.5%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M116 · Family, Sexuality and Relationships

Educate children morally

Teach responsibility, compassion, truthfulness, and wisdom.

55 / 93 systems mapped · 59.1%
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
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious94
Overall Rank133
Nonreligious Rank147
Religious Frequency Tier13
Religions Sharing27
Religious Systems52
Religious %51.9
Nonreligious Groups Sharing8
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %19.5
All Systems Sharing35
All Systems94
Overall %37.2
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index37.6
Religious Adoption Gap32.4

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.