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.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Transmit a habitable Earth
Protect ecological systems so future generations inherit conditions capable of supporting life, health, and flourishing.
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
- 4/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 6/41
- Represented systems
- 10/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/10
7.7%
14.6%
10.8%
10.0%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Protect ecological systems so future generations inherit conditions capable of supporting life, health, and flourishing.
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 10.6 · recomputed 10.7527
Evidence, mapping by mapping
10 selected mappings
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · Official framework-level anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · 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 9749. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · 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 9750. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Humanists International - Modern Humanism · Official framework-level anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · 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 9751. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Seventh-day Adventist Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · 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 9753. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Tibetan Buddhist Universal Responsibility · Official framework-level anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · 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 9754. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UNESCO Climate Change Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · 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 9755. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UNESCO Future Generations Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Articles 4-5: preservation of life on Earth and protection of the environment
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 9756. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
WMA Declaration of Geneva · Official framework-level anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
World Medical Association Physician's Pledge
Open original source ↗ www.wma.net
Official framework-level anchor · Professional medical ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, institutional status, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9757. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
World Heritage Stewardship Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Transmit a habitable Earth · 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 9758. 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 | 397 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 322 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 221 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 36 |
| Religions Sharing | 4 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 7.7 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 6 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 14.6 |
| All Systems Sharing | 10 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 10.6 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 10 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 52.7 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | -6.9 |
Specialized or emerging teaching