What it is

The Actualization Ethic an attempt to create a well-functioning moral system from purely secular and empirically verifiable principles.

The Actualization Ethic is grounded in the following disciplines using the latest data:

  1. Information Theory - things which can be known and the interactions between those things are expressible in terms of information
  2. Empiricism - observation is a prerequisite of knowledge. Testing an assertion requires being able do at least one of the following: get what you want by using it, consistently predict results, or fit a concept into a coherent conceptual framework. Assertions made after obtaining knowledge automatically provides falsifying conditions.
  3. Biology - human being are animals whose brains are formed by the blind process of evolution. Humans share many physical and mental traits with other animals.
  4. Neurology - human behavior is ultimately reducible to brain states and neurological wiring.
  5. Psychology - the way that human behavior is expressed can be predicted and modified by other means than direct neurological observation and rewiring.
  6. Sociology - the way humans interact with one another and the requirements for cohesive, adaptable societies is highly pertinent to ethics.
  7. Linguistics, primarily semantics and pragmatics - what people mean when they make assertions and how words are useful to people is critical to understanding moral language, and how morality relates through sociology to the more foundational disciplines.
  8. Systems Theory - the way that societies and groups are structured and the influence of such structures are both shaped by moral systems and constrain the expression of a range of possible moral systems.

What you'll find here

  1. A no-nonsense explanation of morality as a phenomenon, moral language, moral systems, moral rules
  2. A clear and concise explanation of rights, responsibilities, and the how power disparities affect them
  3. A moral system which has simple prescriptions which, for the majority of humans and situations today, leads to results those humans find favorable
  4. A set of practices, rituals, and tools which strengthen inter-human bonds and inculcate the prescriptions of The Actualization Ethic into the practitioner's emotional core
  5. A community of adherents to share stories with, make suggestions, encourage one another, get to know, etc.

What's different than other moral systems

  1. Derivation of moral rules without a reference to values is not possible
  2. There is no moral system whose prescriptions are optimal in all situations and for all actors
  3. There are no absolute, intrinsic, or inalienable rights
  4. "Utils" are non-commensurable
  5. Moral rules are bound, over time, by what's affordable
  6. Groups with little to no power, get little to no moral consideration without powerful advocates
  7. There is no coherent way to cross the "good for me" / "good for everyone" divide.