Resolve family conflict without abuse
Use truthful and nonviolent means in household conflict.
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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
Respect all forms of life and minimize violence
Avoid or reduce harm to living beings and treat nonhuman life as morally significant.
Respect all sincere efforts toward goodness
Recognize and cooperate with genuine moral striving across religions, doctrines, nations, and social groups.
Respect ancestral lands and resources
Do not dispossess peoples of lands and resources central to their survival and identity.
Respect and assist elders
Protect the dignity and needs of older people.
Respect association for human-rights work
Allow people to organize, meet, communicate, obtain resources, and cooperate lawfully in defense of human rights.
Respect boundaries
Honor legitimate emotional, physical, and relational limits.
Respect collective as well as individual rights
Recognize that some moral and legal interests belong to peoples and communities collectively.
Respect collective bargaining
Permit workers and employers to negotiate working conditions through representative processes.
Respect communities connected to heritage
Include communities, knowledge holders, and affected peoples in decisions about the preservation and interpretation of heritage.
Respect consent and bodily integrity
Do not impose sexual or physical contact without valid consent.
Respect cultural diversity without excusing harm
Recognize cultural pluralism while maintaining fundamental human dignity and rights.
Respect difference as part of human diversity
Do not treat disability or human variation as grounds for diminished dignity.
Respect Earth and life in all its diversity
Recognize the inherent value of living beings, species, ecosystems, and the interdependent community of life.
Respect environmental and social defenders
Do not threaten or retaliate against persons raising legitimate concerns about business impacts.
Respect equal human dignity
Recognize the moral worth of every person.
Respect every migrant worker as a person before the law
Recognize migrant workers and their family members as legal persons entitled to equal protection and remedy.
Respect free, prior, and informed consent
Seek genuine community consent before actions significantly affecting Indigenous lands, resources, or life.
Respect freedom of association
Allow workers to organize peacefully and form or join representative organizations.
Respect freedom of belief and evolving understanding
Allow people to revise beliefs through inquiry, experience, evidence, and conscience.
Respect friendship and loyalty
Cultivate faithful and mutually beneficial friendships.
Respect human vulnerability
Give special protection to persons and groups whose vulnerability increases the risk of exploitation or harm.
Respect Indigenous control of cultural heritage
Recognize Indigenous authority concerning cultural objects, human remains, genetic resources, traditional knowledge, and cultural expression.
Respect Indigenous self-determination
Recognize Indigenous peoples' authority to determine their political status and pursue their own development.