Respect Earth and life in all its diversity
Recognize the inherent value of living beings, species, ecosystems, and the interdependent community of life.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration
Avoid cruelty and unnecessary harm to animals and recognize the moral significance of nonhuman life.
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
Avoid cruelty and unnecessary harm to animals and recognize the moral significance of nonhuman life.
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
Christian Science Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official tenets and Church Manual ethics
Open original source ↗ www.christianscience.com
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9103. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Earth Charter Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Earth Charter Principle 15
Open original source ↗ earthcharter.org
Specific primary/official 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 9104. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Moravian Church Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Moravian teaching on unity, liberty, love, faith, hope, and respectful disagreement
Open original source ↗ www.moravian.org
Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / 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 9106. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Religious Society of Friends - Quaker Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration · 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 9107. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Shinnyo-en Buddhist Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official Shinnyo-en teaching on integrity, meditation, wisdom, compassion, altruism, and Buddha nature
Open original source ↗ shinnyoen.org
Official framework-level anchor · Dharmic / Buddhist
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 9108. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Tenrikyo · Official framework-level anchor
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration · 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 9109. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
UN Indigenous Peoples Rights Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Open original source ↗ www.un.org
Official framework-level anchor · International and Indigenous rights 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 9110. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
WMA Declaration of Geneva · Official framework-level anchor
Treat all living beings with respect and consideration · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
World Medical Association Physician's Pledge
Open original source ↗ www.wma.net
Official framework-level anchor · Professional medical ethics
Framework-level mapping: verify exact wording, institutional status, historical context, and scope before formal quotation.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 9111. 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.
Care for the community of life with compassion
Exercise human power with understanding, restraint, compassion, and responsibility toward people and other life.
Protect and restore ecological integrity
Conserve and restore ecosystems, biodiversity, soils, waters, atmosphere, and natural processes that sustain life.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 318 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 341 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 359 |
| 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