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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

Medical Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

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 4634. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Meher Baba Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Meher Baba messages on love, sacrifice, renunciation, control, service, and truth

Open original source ↗ www.mehercenter.org

Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual tradition

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 4635. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Secular Humanism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4636. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Seventh-day Adventist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4637. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Shinto · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Jinja Honcho educational materials

Open original source ↗ www.jinjahoncho.or.jp

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 4638. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Sikhism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4639. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4640. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Stoicism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

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 4641. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Tenrikyo · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Tenrikyo teachings on the Joyous Life, mutual help, hope, and service

Open original source ↗ www.tenrikyo.or.jp

Official framework-level anchor · East Asian religion

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 4642. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

United Methodist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4643. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Universal Human Rights · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4644. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Utilitarian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · System profile

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 4645. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Zoroastrianism · Tradition-level research anchor

Practice self-control · 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 4646. 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.