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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Avoid cruelty to animals

Do not cause needless suffering to sentient creatures.

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
20/52

38.5%

Nonreligious systems
16/41

39.0%

Represented systems
36/93

38.7%

Specific anchors*
0/36

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Do not cause needless suffering to sentient creatures.

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 38.3 · recomputed 38.7097

Evidence, mapping by mapping

1 selected mappings

Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Avoid cruelty to animals · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Orthodox Church in America, The Orthodox Faith

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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 7071. 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.

M161 · Animals, Environment, Health and Technology

Practice responsible stewardship of nature

Protect land, water, air, habitats, and future generations.

42 / 93 systems mapped · 45.2%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M163 · Animals, Environment, Health and Technology

Respect life broadly

Cultivate reverence for living beings.

38 / 93 systems mapped · 40.9%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M164 · Animals, Environment, Health and Technology

Protect water and food sources

Preserve the purity and availability of basic necessities.

39 / 93 systems mapped · 41.9%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious183
Overall Rank119
Nonreligious Rank20
Religious Frequency Tier20
Religions Sharing20
Religious Systems52
Religious %38.5
Nonreligious Groups Sharing16
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %39
All Systems Sharing36
All Systems94
Overall %38.3
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index98.7
Religious Adoption Gap-0.5

Moderately shared across both spheres

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.