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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
Create meaning through responsible human action
Accept responsibility for building meaningful lives and humane societies without waiting for supernatural intervention.
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
- 3/52
- Nonreligious systems
- 1/41
- Represented systems
- 4/93
- Specific anchors*
- 1/4
5.8%
2.4%
4.3%
25.0%
*Calculated from source labels beginning “Specific”; not a count of verified quotations.
Corpus definition
Accept responsibility for building meaningful lives and humane societies without waiting for supernatural intervention.
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
4 selected mappings
Brahma Kumaris Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Create meaning through responsible human action · 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 10167. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Eckankar Spiritual Ethics · Official framework-level anchor
Create meaning through responsible human action · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Official freedom, responsibility, love, experience, and service teachings
Open original source ↗ www.eckankar.org
Official framework-level anchor · Modern spiritual religion
Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.
Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 10168. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Humanists International - Modern Humanism · Specific primary/official anchor
Create meaning through responsible human action · System profile
Workbook anchor (not a quotation)
Modern Humanism: responsibility for meaning, ethical choices, and humane society
Open original source ↗ humanists.international
Specific primary/official 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 10169. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.
Unity Worldwide Spiritual Christianity · Official framework-level anchor
Create meaning through responsible human action · 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 10170. 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 individual freedom within equal rights
Support the fullest personal freedom compatible with the equal rights and freedom of others.
Use reason and science in moral inquiry
Revise ethical judgments through evidence, critical reflection, open inquiry, and intellectual honesty.
Unmodified source statistics
| Primary Rank - Religious | 462 |
|---|---|
| Overall Rank | 467 |
| Nonreligious Rank | 441 |
| Religious Frequency Tier | 37 |
| Religions Sharing | 3 |
| Religious Systems | 52 |
| Religious % | 5.8 |
| Nonreligious Groups Sharing | 1 |
| Nonreligious Groups | 41 |
| Nonreligious % | 2.4 |
| All Systems Sharing | 4 |
| All Systems | 94 |
| Overall % | 4.3 |
| Direct Official Anchors | 1 |
| Direct Evidence % | 25 |
| Cross-Sphere Balance Index | 41.4 |
| Religious Adoption Gap | 3.4 |
Specialized or emerging teaching