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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Safeguard the needs and interests of future generations
Make present decisions with serious regard for the well-being and legitimate interests of people not yet born.
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
- 3/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 4/41
- Represented systems
- 7/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/7
5.8%
9.8%
7.5%
14.3%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Make present decisions with serious regard for the well-being and legitimate interests of people not yet born.
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 7.4 · recomputed 7.5269
Evidence, mapping by mapping
7 selected mappings
Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Safeguard the needs and interests of future generations · 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 10082. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Safeguard the needs and interests of future generations · 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 10083. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Seventh-day Adventist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Safeguard the needs and interests of future generations · 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 10084. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Tibetan Buddhist Universal Responsibility · Official framework-level anchor
Safeguard the needs and interests of future generations · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Dalai Lama teachings on compassion, nonviolence, environment, and universal responsibility
Open original source ↗ www.dalailama.com
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 10085. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UNESCO Climate Change Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Safeguard the needs and interests of future generations · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Declaration of Ethical Principles in relation to Climate Change
Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org
Official framework-level anchor · International environmental ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify the exact article, context, legal or ethical status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 10086. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UNESCO Future Generations Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Safeguard the needs and interests of future generations · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Articles 1-2: needs, interests, and freedom of choice of future generations
Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org
Specific primary/official anchor · International intergenerational ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify the exact article, context, legal or ethical status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 10087. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
World Heritage Stewardship Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Safeguard the needs and interests of future generations · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage
Open original source ↗ www.unesco.org
Official framework-level anchor · International cultural and environmental ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify the exact article, context, legal or ethical status, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 10088. 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.
Preserve future generations' freedom of choice
Do not irreversibly narrow the political, cultural, environmental, or technological options available to future persons.
Preserve cultural diversity for the future
Protect diverse languages, traditions, knowledge, and cultural expression for transmission to future generations.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 448 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 398 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 299 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 37 |
| Religions Sharing | 3 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 5.8 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 4 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 9.8 |
| All Systems Sharing | 7 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 7.4 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 14.3 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 59.2 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | -4 |
Specialized or emerging teaching