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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Treat moral law as binding beyond convenience

Do what is right even when expediency, popularity, or private advantage points elsewhere.

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
5/52

9.6%

Nonreligious systems
1/41

2.4%

Represented systems
6/93

6.5%

Specific anchors*
1/6

16.7%

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

Corpus definition

Do what is right even when expediency, popularity, or private advantage points elsewhere.

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 6.4 · recomputed 6.4516

Evidence, mapping by mapping

6 selected mappings

Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Treat moral law as binding beyond convenience · 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 9567. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Christian Science Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Treat moral law as binding beyond convenience · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official tenets and Church Manual ethics

Open original source ↗ www.christianscience.com

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9568. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Eckankar Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Treat moral law as binding beyond convenience · System profile

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

Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9569. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Ethical Culture / Ethical Humanism · Specific primary/official anchor

Treat moral law as binding beyond convenience · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Ethical Culture: the ethical end is the sovereign end of life

Open original source ↗ aeu.org

Specific primary/official 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 9570. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jehovah's Witness Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Treat moral law as binding beyond convenience · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Bible-based moral education and conduct materials

Open original source ↗ www.jw.org

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 9571. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Theravada Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Treat moral law as binding beyond convenience · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Five Precepts, Noble Eightfold Path, and Pali Canon ethical teachings

Open original source ↗ www.accesstoinsight.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 9572. 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.

M375 · Interdependence and Global Responsibility

Cooperate across differences in belief

Work with people of other religions or none on shared moral and humanitarian goals.

12 / 93 systems mapped · 12.9%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M372 · Interdependence and Global Responsibility

Accept responsibility to the world community

Consider duties extending beyond family, nation, religion, or immediate self-interest.

15 / 93 systems mapped · 16.1%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M373 · Interdependence and Global Responsibility

Use reason together with empathy

Join evidence and critical thinking with compassion for affected persons and sentient beings.

16 / 93 systems mapped · 17.2%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious376
Overall Rank436
Nonreligious Rank501
Religious Frequency Tier35
Religions Sharing5
Religious Systems52
Religious %9.6
Nonreligious Groups Sharing1
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %2.4
All Systems Sharing6
All Systems94
Overall %6.4
Direct Official Anchors1
Direct Evidence %16.7
Cross-Sphere Balance Index25
Religious Adoption Gap7.2

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.