Make behavior a credible witness to professed faith
Ensure that actions and words consistently reflect the moral character one publicly claims to follow.
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WORLD MORALS EDITION XXI
World Morals — a shared human inquiry
An interactive atlas of moral teachings across the world's religious and secular traditions — from ancient scriptures to modern ethics.
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.
- Moral teachings
- 610
- Religious systems
- 52
- Nonreligious systems
- 41
- Source evidence rows
- 10620
Many traditions. One invitation to understand.
Find a teaching, follow its source anchors, and explore common ground without erasing differences. Every number describes only the systems represented in this edition.
610 teachings found · Edition XXI
Make charity active through useful work
Express goodwill through practical, competent, and beneficial service rather than sentiment alone.
Make compassion a defining religious practice
Treat compassion for suffering and vulnerable people as an essential expression of holiness rather than an optional activity.
Make morals the foundation of spiritual practice
Treat honesty, purity, sincerity, and ethical conduct as prerequisites for credible religious or healing work.
Make peace
Prevent conflict, reconcile parties, and cultivate peaceful relations.
Make public procurement transparent
Use objective criteria, open procedures, records, and oversight in public purchasing.
Make public-health decisions transparently
Use clear evidence, disclose reasons, and permit review of consequential public-health decisions.
Make restitution
Repair material or relational harm.
Make the child's best interests a primary consideration
Give primary weight to children's safety, development, dignity, and long-term welfare in decisions affecting them.
Measure morality by inner transformation
Judge spiritual progress by sustained efforts to overcome harmful tendencies and improve conduct.
Meet human need without discrimination
Provide practical assistance according to need without discrimination based on identity, belief, status, or background.
Minimize avoidable harm in public reporting
Balance the public's need for information against foreseeable and unnecessary injury.
Nurture the goodness in others
Recognize, encourage, and strengthen the capacities for compassion, wisdom, and integrity in other people.
Obey just laws
Respect legitimate law consistent with moral responsibility.
Obtain free, prior, and informed consent
Seek genuine, timely, informed, and noncoercive consent before measures or projects significantly affect Indigenous peoples.
Obtain informed consent
Provide understandable information and respect voluntary decisions before interventions or research.
Participate in community service
Contribute time and ability to shared needs.
Pay fair wages
Compensate labor justly.
Pay lawful taxes honestly
Contribute fairly to legitimate public needs.
Pay taxes responsibly
Comply with both the letter and purpose of legitimate tax obligations.
Pay workers promptly
Do not abusively delay compensation owed.
Pay workers promptly
Do not retain earned wages beyond the agreed or legally required time.
Perform ordinary duties faithfully
Treat honest and useful work in daily life as a significant form of service to the neighbor.
Permit access to asylum procedures
Give people seeking protection a fair opportunity to present and have their claims examined.