Relieve suffering wherever it is found
Respond to human suffering based on need rather than nationality, religion, politics, or social status.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain
Offer humanitarian service from commitment to human welfare rather than profit, prestige, or coercion.
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
- 16/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 1/41
- Represented systems
- 17/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/17
30.8%
2.4%
18.3%
5.9%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Offer humanitarian service from commitment to human welfare rather than profit, prestige, or coercion.
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 18.1 · recomputed 18.2796
Evidence, mapping by mapping
17 selected mappings
Ananda Marga Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Yama, Niyama, morality, and service teachings
Open original source ↗ www.anandamarga.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Tantric yoga tradition
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 7556. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
British Unitarian Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Unitarian teachings on freedom, reason, tolerance, conscience, dignity, inclusion, and service
Open original source ↗ www.unitarian.org.uk
Official framework-level anchor · Liberal religious 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 7557. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · 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 7558. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Church of the Brethren Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official beliefs, Annual Conference statements, and peacebuilding resources
Open original source ↗ www.brethren.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / peace church
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 7559. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Church of the Nazarene Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official beliefs, mission, compassionate ministry, discipleship, holiness, and Manual resources
Open original source ↗ nazarene.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian
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 7560. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Eckankar Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · 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 7561. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Jehovah's Witness Christian Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official neutrality, impartiality, family, gambling, and peace resources
Open original source ↗ www.jw.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 7562. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Mahayana Bodhisattva Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · 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 7563. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · 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 7564. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Meher Baba Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
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 7565. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Red Cross and Red Crescent Humanitarian Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Fundamental Principle of Voluntary Service
Open original source ↗ www.icrc.org
Specific primary/official anchor · International humanitarian ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify exact article, doctrinal context, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 7566. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · 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 7567. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Seventh-day Adventist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official fundamental beliefs on Christian behavior, stewardship, health, family, and salvation
Open original source ↗ adventist.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian
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 7568. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Swedenborgian Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Emanuel Swedenborg's Doctrine of Charity and official Swedenborgian teaching resources
Open original source ↗ swedenborg.com
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian
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 7569. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Tenrikyo · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · 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 7570. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
The Salvation Army Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
International mission, social justice, governance, and values statements
Open original source ↗ www.salvationarmy.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian
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 7571. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Unity Worldwide Spiritual Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Serve voluntarily without desire for gain · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Unity Five Principles and teachings on lived truth, spiritual worth, prayer, meditation, and equality
Open original source ↗ www.unity.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / New Thought 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 7572. 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.
Prioritize the most urgent cases of distress
Allocate limited assistance according to severity and vulnerability rather than privilege or influence.
Remain impartial in humanitarian aid
Do not discriminate in relief on the basis of nationality, race, religion, class, politics, or similar status.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 204 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 225 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 498 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 24 |
| Religions Sharing | 16 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 30.8 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 1 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 2.4 |
| All Systems Sharing | 17 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 18.1 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 5.9 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 7.8 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 28.4 |
Religion-weighted commonality