Protect human-rights defenders from retaliation
Prevent violence, threats, discrimination, pressure, surveillance, or punishment directed at legitimate rights advocacy.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Defend the rights of others peacefully
Act individually or with others to promote and protect universally recognized human rights through peaceful means.
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
- 6/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 3/41
- Represented systems
- 9/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/9
11.5%
7.3%
9.7%
11.1%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Act individually or with others to promote and protect universally recognized human rights through peaceful means.
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 9.6 · recomputed 9.6774
Evidence, mapping by mapping
9 selected mappings
Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · 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 9075. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Cao Dai Religious Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Cao Dai teachings on love, justice, moderation, universal kinship, and religious harmony
Open original source ↗ caodai.com.vn
Official framework-level anchor · Vietnamese syncretic religion
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 9076. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · 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 9077. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Humanists International - Modern Humanism · Official framework-level anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · 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 9078. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Jehovah's Witness Christian Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · 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 9079. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Nichiren Buddhism - SGI Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official SGI-USA teachings on human revolution, dignity, equality, courage, compassion, and peace
Open original source ↗ www.sgi-usa.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal context, institutional authority, historical setting, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9080. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · 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 9081. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Tibetan Buddhist Universal Responsibility · Official framework-level anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · 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 9082. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
United Nations Human Rights Defenders Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Defend the rights of others peacefully · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Declaration on Human Rights Defenders: right to promote and protect human rights
Open original source ↗ www.ohchr.org
Specific primary/official anchor · International human-rights 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 9083. 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.
Provide effective remedies for attacks on defenders
Ensure prompt, impartial investigation and meaningful remedy when defenders face violence, threats, or unlawful interference.
Allow people to investigate and report rights violations
Protect access to information, documentation, observation, and communication concerning possible human-rights abuses.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 315 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 326 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 317 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 34 |
| Religions Sharing | 6 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 11.5 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 3 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 7.3 |
| All Systems Sharing | 9 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 9.6 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 11.1 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 63.5 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 4.2 |
Specialized or emerging teaching