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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

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Apply learning toward healing, justice, and flourishing.

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
42/52

80.8%

Nonreligious systems
15/41

36.6%

Represented systems
57/93

61.3%

Specific anchors*
0/57

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Apply learning toward healing, justice, and flourishing.

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 60.6 · recomputed 61.2903

Evidence, mapping by mapping

57 selected mappings

Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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Earth Charter principles of respect, ecological integrity, justice, democracy, nonviolence, and peace

Open original source ↗ earthcharter.org

Official framework-level anchor · Global ecological and social ethics

Framework-level mapping: verify the exact principle or article, affected community, legal status, and interpretive scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 78. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

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

Eckankar Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official freedom, responsibility, love, experience, and service teachings

Open original source ↗ www.eckankar.org

Official framework-level anchor · Modern spiritual religion

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Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 80. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Official framework-level anchor

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American Ethical Union principles of human worth, ethical action, and freedom of belief

Open original source ↗ aeu.org

Official framework-level anchor · Ethical religion and humanism

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 81. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Hinduism · Tradition-level research anchor

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

Humanists International - Modern Humanism · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Amsterdam Declaration 2022 / Declaration of Modern Humanism

Open original source ↗ humanists.international

Official framework-level anchor · Modern nonreligious ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 83. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Indigenous Relational Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

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

Islam · Tradition-level research anchor

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

Jainism · Tradition-level research anchor

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

Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor

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

Kantian Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

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

Kardecist Spiritism · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Allan Kardec's moral teachings and official United States Spiritist Federation resources

Open original source ↗ spiritist.us

Official framework-level anchor · Spiritist religious-philosophical tradition

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 89. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Latter-day Saint Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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

Lutheran Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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

Mahayana Bodhisattva Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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

Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Maimonides' Sefer HaMitzvot and Mishneh Torah, with Torah source texts

Open original source ↗ www.chabad.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Jewish

Jewish commandments may be ritual, civil, agricultural, Temple-specific, group-specific, or universally ethical; mapping does not erase those distinctions.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 93. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Meher Baba Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

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

Mennonite Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective

Open original source ↗ www.mennoniteusa.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / peace church

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 95. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Moravian Church Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

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Official Moravian teaching on unity, liberty, love, faith, hope, and respectful disagreement

Open original source ↗ www.moravian.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 96. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) · Official framework-level anchor

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Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Quaker testimonies of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship

Open original source ↗ quaker.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / peace church

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 97. 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.

M143 · Community, Education and Spiritual Responsibility

Participate in community service

Contribute time and ability to shared needs.

50 / 93 systems mapped · 53.8%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M150 · Community, Education and Spiritual Responsibility

Practice consultation

Seek truth through respectful collective deliberation.

52 / 93 systems mapped · 55.9%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M141 · Community, Education and Spiritual Responsibility

Pursue the common good

Order choices toward shared flourishing.

41 / 93 systems mapped · 44.1%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious2
Overall Rank1
Nonreligious Rank39
Religious Frequency Tier2
Religions Sharing42
Religious Systems52
Religious %80.8
Nonreligious Groups Sharing15
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %36.6
All Systems Sharing57
All Systems94
Overall %60.6
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index45.3
Religious Adoption Gap44.2

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.