Defend the rights of others peacefully
Act individually or with others to promote and protect universally recognized human rights through peaceful means.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Permit criticism and proposals for institutional reform
Allow people to identify failures, criticize public bodies, and propose improvements without arbitrary retaliation.
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
- 1/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 2/41
- Represented systems
- 3/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/3
1.9%
4.9%
3.2%
33.3%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Allow people to identify failures, criticize public bodies, and propose improvements without arbitrary retaliation.
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
Evidence, mapping by mapping
3 selected mappings
Humanists International - Modern Humanism · Official framework-level anchor
Permit criticism and proposals for institutional reform · 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 10511. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Nichiren Buddhism - SGI Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Permit criticism and proposals for institutional reform · 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 10512. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
United Nations Human Rights Defenders Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Permit criticism and proposals for institutional reform · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Right to submit criticism and proposals concerning public affairs and institutional obstacles
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 10513. 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.
Protect human-rights defenders from retaliation
Prevent violence, threats, discrimination, pressure, surveillance, or punishment directed at legitimate rights advocacy.
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 | 555 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 525 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 396 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 39 |
| Religions Sharing | 1 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 1.9 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 2 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 4.9 |
| All Systems Sharing | 3 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 3.2 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 33.3 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 38.8 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | -3 |
Specialized or emerging teaching