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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Protect biodiversity

Preserve species and ecosystems.

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
17/41

41.5%

Represented systems
37/93

39.8%

Specific anchors*
0/37

0.0%

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

Corpus definition

Preserve species and ecosystems.

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 39.4 · recomputed 39.7849

Evidence, mapping by mapping

37 selected mappings

Anglican Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 6985. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Bahá'í Faith · Tradition-level research anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 6986. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Brahma Kumaris values, peace, education, responsibility, and environmental materials

Open original source ↗ www.brahmakumaris.org

Official framework-level anchor · South Asian spiritual movement

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 6987. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Catholic Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 6988. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Christian Science Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Bible, Science and Health, and official Christian Science moral teaching

Open original source ↗ www.christianscience.com

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 6989. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Christianity - Biblical · Tradition-level research anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 6990. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

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

Protect biodiversity · 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 6991. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Daoism · Tradition-level research anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 6992. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Disability Rights Ethics (CRPD) · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Open original source ↗ social.desa.un.org

Official framework-level anchor · International ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 6993. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

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 6994. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity · Tradition-level research anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 6995. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Humanists International - Modern Humanism · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

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 6996. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

IEEE Code of Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

IEEE Code of Ethics and professional conduct principles

Open original source ↗ ewh.ieee.org

Official framework-level anchor · Professional engineering and technology ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 6997. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Islam · Tradition-level research anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 6998. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Judaism · Tradition-level research anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 6999. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Lutheran Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 7000. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

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 7001. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Medical Ethics · Tradition-level research anchor

Protect biodiversity · 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 7002. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

OECD Responsible Business Conduct · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and Due Diligence Guidance

Open original source ↗ www.oecd.org

Official framework-level anchor · International business ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 7003. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Public Health Ethics (WHO) · Official framework-level anchor

Protect biodiversity · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

WHO Constitution, human-rights framework, values, and Code of Ethics

Open original source ↗ www.who.int

Official framework-level anchor · Professional and international health ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 7004. 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
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
M166 · Animals, Environment, Health and Technology

Consider future generations

Evaluate long-term consequences for people not yet born.

37 / 93 systems mapped · 39.8%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious181
Overall Rank116
Nonreligious Rank15
Religious Frequency Tier20
Religions Sharing20
Religious Systems52
Religious %38.5
Nonreligious Groups Sharing17
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %41.5
All Systems Sharing37
All Systems94
Overall %39.4
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index92.8
Religious Adoption Gap-3

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.