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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI

Respect all forms of life and minimize violence

Avoid or reduce harm to living beings and treat nonhuman life as morally significant.

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

5.8%

Nonreligious systems
0/41

0.0%

Represented systems
3/93

3.2%

Specific anchors*
1/3

33.3%

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

Corpus definition

Avoid or reduce harm to living beings and treat nonhuman life as morally significant.

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

Christian Science Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Respect all forms of life and minimize violence · 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 10234. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

ISKCON Gaudiya Vaishnava Ethics · Specific primary/official anchor

Respect all forms of life and minimize violence · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

ISKCON Constitution: respect all forms of life and avoid or minimize violence

Open original source ↗ constitution.iskcon.org

Specific primary/official anchor · Dharmic / Hindu Vaishnava

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 10235. Source publisher, date, translation and license have not been validated.

Jehovah's Witness Christian Ethics · Official framework-level anchor

Respect all forms of life and minimize violence · System profile

Workbook anchor (not a quotation)

Official neutrality, impartiality, family, gambling, and peace resources

Open original source ↗ www.jw.org

Official framework-level anchor · Abrahamic / Christian

Verify exact wording, authority, context, translation, and scope.

Independent review pending. Edition XXI · Teaching Evidence · row 10236. 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.

M566 · ISKCON Vaishnava Ethical Discipline

Practice honesty, cleanliness, austerity, and mercy

Cultivate truthfulness, disciplined purity, voluntary restraint, and compassionate treatment of living beings.

8 / 93 systems mapped · 8.6%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M568 · ISKCON Vaishnava Ethical Discipline

Engage in honest occupation

Support oneself and one's dependents through work that is truthful, lawful, and ethically responsible.

4 / 93 systems mapped · 4.3%
Workbook confidence: Developing
M569 · ISKCON Vaishnava Ethical Discipline

Relate cooperatively with love and respect

Build community through mutual respect, humility, open communication, and cooperative service.

7 / 93 systems mapped · 7.5%
Workbook confidence: Developing
Unmodified source statistics
Primary Rank - Religious482
Overall Rank545
Nonreligious Rank585
Religious Frequency Tier37
Religions Sharing3
Religious Systems52
Religious %5.8
Nonreligious Groups Sharing0
Nonreligious Groups41
Nonreligious %0
All Systems Sharing3
All Systems94
Overall %3.2
Direct Official Anchors1
Direct Evidence %33.3
Cross-Sphere Balance Index0
Religious Adoption Gap5.8

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.