Protect medical confidentiality after death
Continue protecting entrusted medical information after a patient's death.
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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
Protect migrant workers from exploitation
Do not exploit immigration status, recruitment debt, isolation, or document control.
Protect migrant workers from violence and intimidation
Prevent violence, threats, coercion, and abuse by employers, recruiters, officials, or private actors.
Protect migrant workers' access to emergency medical care
Provide urgent medical assistance without discrimination based on migration or documentation status.
Protect migrant workers' family life
Respect family unity and the rights of spouses and children affected by migration.
Protect minorities
Safeguard vulnerable cultural, religious, and social groups.
Protect moral communities from corruption
Do not undermine communities of ethical practice through exploitation, deception, or deliberate division.
Protect natural heritage of outstanding value
Safeguard ecosystems, geological formations, habitats, and natural sites of exceptional scientific, ecological, or aesthetic importance.
Protect noncombatants
Shield civilians and other nonparticipants from violence.
Protect older persons from abuse and neglect
Prevent physical, psychological, sexual, financial, and institutional abuse.
Protect personal data
Collect and use data lawfully, minimally, and securely.
Protect persons unable to consent
Use heightened safeguards and permit interventions only under strict ethical and legal conditions.
Protect persons who report corruption
Provide safe channels and protection against retaliation for good-faith reporting.
Protect physical and mental integrity
Respect each person's bodily and psychological integrity on an equal basis.
Protect physical and spiritual health
Avoid harmful substances and cultivate habits that support bodily, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Protect pluralism
Allow diverse beliefs, cultures, identities, and forms of expression to coexist under equal dignity and law.
Protect privacy
Do not intrude upon information or spaces without justification.
Protect procedural fairness in restorative justice
Use trained facilitators, informed consent, confidentiality, safety safeguards, and reviewable agreements.
Protect public goods
Care for institutions and resources used by all.
Protect refugee family unity
Avoid unnecessary family separation and facilitate reunification where possible.
Protect refugees from violence
Provide safety to persons fleeing persecution or war.
Protect research participants
Minimize risks, obtain ethical review, and protect vulnerable participants.
Protect sacred sites and ancestral remains
Respect burial places, ceremonial sites, and ancestral remains.
Protect scientific integrity in climate decisions
Use honest, transparent, independent, and best-available scientific knowledge in climate policy and public communication.