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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered

Take reasonable action to rescue or protect a person facing serious and preventable harm.

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
7/52

13.5%

Nonreligious systems
3/41

7.3%

Represented systems
10/93

10.8%

Specific anchors*
1/10

10.0%

*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.

Corpus definition

Take reasonable action to rescue or protect a person facing serious and preventable harm.

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

British Unitarian Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · 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 8882. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Cao Dai Religious Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · 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 8883. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Church of the Nazarene Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official beliefs, mission, compassionate ministry, discipleship, holiness, and Manual resources

Open original source ↗ nazarene.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 8884. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · 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 8885. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Humanists International - Modern Humanism · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · 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 8886. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Kardecist Spiritism · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Allan Kardec's moral teachings and official United States Spiritist Federation resources

Open original source ↗ spiritist.us

Official framework-level anchor · Spiritist religious-philosophical tradition

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 8887. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Leviticus 19:16: do not stand idly by another's blood

Open original source ↗ www.sefaria.org

Specific primary/official 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 8888. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Tenrikyo · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Tenrikyo teachings on the Joyous Life, mutual help, hope, and service

Open original source ↗ www.tenrikyo.or.jp

Official framework-level anchor · East Asian religion

Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, institutional status, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8889. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

The Salvation Army Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

International mission, social justice, governance, and values statements

Open original source ↗ www.salvationarmy.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

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 8890. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Unity Worldwide Spiritual Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not stand idly by when another is endangered · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official Unity Five Principles and teachings on lived truth, spiritual worth, prayer, meditation, and equality

Open original source ↗ www.unity.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / New Thought Christian

Framework-level mapping: verify exact doctrinal wording, institutional authority, translation, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 8891. 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.

M468 · Jewish Mitzvot and Applied Justice

Love and protect the stranger

Treat immigrants, resident strangers, and socially displaced persons with dignity, fairness, and active concern.

13 / 93 systems mapped · 14.0%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M456 · Jewish Mitzvot and Applied Justice

Help relieve an overburdened person or animal

Assist when a person or working animal is struggling under a dangerous or excessive burden.

8 / 93 systems mapped · 8.6%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M457 · Jewish Mitzvot and Applied Justice

Pay workers promptly

Do not retain earned wages beyond the agreed or legally required time.

8 / 93 systems mapped · 8.6%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious294
Overall Rank313
Nonreligious Rank318
Religious Frequency Tier33
Religions Sharing7
Religious Systems52
Religious %13.5
Nonreligious Groups Sharing3
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %7.3
All Systems Sharing10
All Systems94
Overall %10.6
Direct Official Anchors1
Direct Evidence %10
Cross-Sphere Balance Index54.1
Religious Adoption Gap6.2

Specialized or emerging teaching

Provenance: Universal Moral Code — Statistical Atlas, Edition XXI. Names, definitions and source anchors are preserved verbatim. This atlas describes its corpus, not all beliefs or practices worldwide.