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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Practice self-control

Govern impulses, appetites, anger, and destructive habits.

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
7/41

17.1%

Represented systems
33/93

35.5%

Specific anchors*
0/33

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Govern impulses, appetites, anger, and destructive habits.

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 35.1 · recomputed 35.4839

Evidence, mapping by mapping

33 selected mappings

Anglican Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4614. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Aristotelian Virtue Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4615. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4616. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Buddhism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4617. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Catholic Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4618. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4619. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

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

Practice self-control · 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 4620. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Confucianism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4621. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Daoism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Tao Te Ching and classical Daoist 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 4622. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4623. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4624. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4625. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Islam · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4626. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jainism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4627. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jehovah's Witness Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4628. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4629. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Kantian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

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 4630. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Latter-day Saint Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4631. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Lutheran Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4632. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Mahayana Bodhisattva Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Brahma's Net Sutra and bodhisattva precept traditions

Open original source ↗ bdkamerica.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 4633. 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.

M122 · Character, Virtue and Self-Mastery

Control anger

Prevent anger from producing cruelty or injustice.

43 / 93 systems mapped · 46.2%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M132 · Character, Virtue and Self-Mastery

Repent and reform

Acknowledge wrongdoing and change conduct.

31 / 93 systems mapped · 33.3%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M129 · Character, Virtue and Self-Mastery

Practice sincerity

Align outward conduct with genuine moral intention.

33 / 93 systems mapped · 35.5%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious110
Overall Rank145
Nonreligious Rank172
Religious Frequency Tier14
Religions Sharing26
Religious Systems52
Religious %50
Nonreligious Groups Sharing7
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %17.1
All Systems Sharing33
All Systems94
Overall %35.1
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index34.2
Religious Adoption Gap32.9

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.