Preserve future generations' freedom of choice
Do not irreversibly narrow the political, cultural, environmental, or technological options available to future persons.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Preserve the common heritage of humankind
Safeguard natural, cultural, scientific, and historical inheritances whose value belongs to humanity as a whole.
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
- 2/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 4/41
- Represented systems
- 6/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/6
3.8%
9.8%
6.5%
16.7%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Safeguard natural, cultural, scientific, and historical inheritances whose value belongs to humanity as a whole.
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
British Unitarian Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Preserve the common heritage of humankind · 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 10253. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Preserve the common heritage of humankind · 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 10254. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Tibetan Buddhist Universal Responsibility · Official framework-level anchor
Preserve the common heritage of humankind · 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 10255. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UNESCO Climate Change Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Preserve the common heritage of humankind · 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 10256. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UNESCO Future Generations Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Preserve the common heritage of humankind · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Article 8: common heritage of humankind
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 10257. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
World Heritage Stewardship Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Preserve the common heritage of humankind · 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 10258. 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.
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.
Transmit a habitable Earth
Protect ecological systems so future generations inherit conditions capable of supporting life, health, and flourishing.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 486 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 419 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 283 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 38 |
| Religions Sharing | 2 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 3.8 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 4 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 9.8 |
| All Systems Sharing | 6 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 6.4 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 16.7 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 38.8 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | -6 |
Specialized or emerging teaching