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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Protect community-defined development

Respect peoples' right to pursue their own visions of social, cultural, and economic development.

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
7/52

13.5%

Nonreligious systems
4/41

9.8%

Represented systems
11/93

11.8%

Specific anchors*
1/11

9.1%

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

Corpus definition

Respect peoples' right to pursue their own visions of social, cultural, and economic development.

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.

Direct Official Anchors: source 0 · recomputed 1

All Systems: source 94 · recomputed 93

Overall %: source 11.7 · recomputed 11.828

Direct Evidence %: source 0 · recomputed 9.0909

Evidence, mapping by mapping

11 selected mappings

African Charter Duties Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, including individual duties

Open original source ↗ au.int

Official framework-level anchor · African regional ethics

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8871. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Children's Rights Ethics (CRC) · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Open original source ↗ www.unicef.org

Official framework-level anchor · International 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 8872. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

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 8873. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Indigenous Relational Ethics · Specific official international anchor

Protect community-defined development · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

UNDRIP right to pursue community-defined development

Open original source ↗ www.un.org

Specific official international anchor · Comparative indigenous ethics

UNDRIP is an international rights instrument; it does not replace the diversity of Indigenous moral traditions.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8874. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Mahayana Bodhisattva Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · 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 8875. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Moravian Church Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

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 8876. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

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

Protect community-defined development · System profile

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 8877. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Friends General Conference materials on peace, integrity, equality, simplicity, community, and stewardship

Open original source ↗ www.fgcquaker.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian peace tradition

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

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8878. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Soto Zen Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · 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 8879. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Tenrikyo · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · 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 8880. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

UN Indigenous Peoples Rights Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Protect community-defined development · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Open original source ↗ www.un.org

Official framework-level anchor · International and Indigenous rights 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 8881. 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.

M213 · Indigenous, Cultural and Collective Rights

Protect Indigenous languages

Preserve and revitalize languages as carriers of knowledge, identity, and community.

13 / 93 systems mapped · 14.0%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M211 · Indigenous, Cultural and Collective Rights

Respect free, prior, and informed consent

Seek genuine community consent before actions significantly affecting Indigenous lands, resources, or life.

16 / 93 systems mapped · 17.2%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M216 · Indigenous, Cultural and Collective Rights

Include affected peoples in decisions

Ensure meaningful participation in decisions affecting community life and future.

15 / 93 systems mapped · 16.1%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious293
Overall Rank304
Nonreligious Rank288
Religious Frequency Tier33
Religions Sharing7
Religious Systems52
Religious %13.5
Nonreligious Groups Sharing4
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %9.8
All Systems Sharing11
All Systems94
Overall %11.7
Direct Official Anchors0
Direct Evidence %0
Cross-Sphere Balance Index72.6
Religious Adoption Gap3.7

Specialized or emerging teaching

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.