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Meta Ethos

Principles​

The Golden Rule: Positive​

  • short: golden_rule_positive
  • long: What I wish done to myself, I do to others.

The Golden Rule: Negative​

  • short: golden_rule_negative
  • long: I do not do to others what I do not wish done to myself.

Declarations​

Respect the Categorical Imperative​

  • short: categorical_imperative
  • long: I act as if the maxims of my action were to become through my will a universal law of nature.
  • reference: the Kantian Categorical Imperative

Acknowledge the Existence of Another Ethos​

  • short: ack_other_ethos
  • long: I acknowledge the existence of other ethos(es) than mine.

Judgement Invitation​

  • short: judge_invite
  • long: I make myself subject of my own declarations and invite others who do the same to judge me by them.

Web Cookies​

  • short: web_cookies_level2
  • long: I accept only cookies that are required for the obvious functionality of the site.
  • basis: Conform to the negative golden rule: I do not use optional (for example tracking and advertising) cookies on the sites that I create. I expect others to do the same unless I opt in.

Compatibility​

No Contradiction Claim​

  • short: no_contradiction_claim
  • long: I will not transact with persons who have not answered all types of claims that contradict their own ethos. (If I can avoid it.)

Have the Top Virtues Explicit​

  • short: defined_top
  • long: I will not transact with persons who have not defined their top values/virtues in their ethos.

Known Identity​

  • short: known_identity
  • long: I will not transact with people who do not share their official/legal identity.

Reciprocal Declarations​

  • short: reciprocal_declarations
  • long: I confer to other people the level of trust that corresponds to the reciprocal declarations.

Example: If I judge_invite and the other person does the same: we can engage in constructive criticism about our ethos(es) or actions. That means we accept that the other person may make the conversation public in part or in whole.

Reciprocal_declarations is a powerful tool of ethos cooperation and it confers access to levels of personal trust that have not been achieved at scale in human history.