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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Do not place a stumbling block before another

Do not exploit another person's ignorance, vulnerability, impairment, or predictable weakness.

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

7.7%

Nonreligious systems
2/41

4.9%

Represented systems
6/93

6.5%

Specific anchors*
1/6

16.7%

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

Corpus definition

Do not exploit another person's ignorance, vulnerability, impairment, or predictable weakness.

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

Cao Dai Religious Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not place a stumbling block before another · 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 9843. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Church of the Nazarene Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not place a stumbling block before another · 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 9844. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Earth Charter Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Do not place a stumbling block before another · 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 9845. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Kardecist Spiritism · Official framework-level anchor

Do not place a stumbling block before another · 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 9846. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Maimonidean 613 Mitzvot Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor

Do not place a stumbling block before another · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Leviticus 19:14: do not place a stumbling block before the blind

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 9847. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

The Salvation Army Christianity · Official framework-level anchor

Do not place a stumbling block before another · 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 9848. 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.

M455 · Jewish Mitzvot and Applied Justice

Return lost property

Restore identifiable lost property to its rightful owner rather than benefiting from another person's loss.

7 / 93 systems mapped · 7.5%
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 - Religious409
Overall Rank411
Nonreligious Rank378
Religious Frequency Tier36
Religions Sharing4
Religious Systems52
Religious %7.7
Nonreligious Groups Sharing2
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %4.9
All Systems Sharing6
All Systems94
Overall %6.4
Direct Official Anchors1
Direct Evidence %16.7
Cross-Sphere Balance Index63.6
Religious Adoption Gap2.8

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.