Based on EMIS Framework v0.2.0

Ethics is not “Subjective Morality”. It is the Objective Function Optimization for long-term system survival.

700 Ethics & Alignment Index

Switching the variable system:

From:
“Good, Evil, Conscience”

To:
“Negentropy, Parasitism, Safety_Constraints”

1. [Ethics]

  • Legacy Definition: Moral principles that govern a person’s behavior.
  • EMIS Definition: The high-level Optimization Algorithm designed to maximize the survival probability of the collective structure.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Ethics = Maximize(System_Lifespan)

2. [Alignment] (AI)

  • Legacy Definition: Ensuring AI systems matches human intent.
  • EMIS Definition: Maximizing the Vector Dot Product between the AI’s goal vector and Human Civilization’s survival vector.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Alignment = Dot_Product(V_AI, V_Human) ≈ 1.0

3. [Good]

  • Legacy Definition: That which is morally right.
  • EMIS Definition: Action that contributes to the Negative Entropy (Order) of the system without externalizing excessive cost.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Good = d(System_Entropy) / dt < 0

4. [Evil]

  • Legacy Definition: Profoundly immoral and malevolent.
  • EMIS Definition: Parasitic Dissipation. Destroying complex structures to extract energy rapidly, increasing net entropy.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Evil = Destroy(Structure) -> Short_Term_Energy

5. [Morality]

  • Legacy Definition: Principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong.
  • EMIS Definition: A distributed Error Correction Protocol installed in individual agents to suppress anti-social variance.
  • EMIS Code: 
    if Action != Protocol: trigger(Guilt)

6. [Utilitarianism]

  • Legacy Definition: Maximizing utility for the greatest number.
  • EMIS Definition: An algorithm maximizing Total Global Energy Surplus, disregarding distribution topology.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Utilitarianism = Maximize(Sum(All_Agent_Energy))

7. [Deontology]

  • Legacy Definition: Action based on rules/duty.
  • EMIS Definition: Constraint-Based Execution. Adherence to hard-coded rules regardless of the energy outcome of specific instances.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Deontology = (Action in Allowed_Set) ? Execute : Block

8. [Altruism]

  • Legacy Definition: Selfless concern for others.
  • EMIS Definition: Investing personal energy into other nodes to increase Network Resilience.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Altruism = Transfer(My_Energy -> Other) -> Network_Stability++

9. [Fairness]

  • Legacy Definition: Impartial and just treatment.
  • EMIS Definition: Symmetrical Protocol Application. Ensuring the algorithm processes all nodes with the same rule set.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Fairness = (Rule(Node_A) == Rule(Node_B))

10. [Bias]

  • Legacy Definition: Prejudice in favor of or against one thing.
  • EMIS Definition: Training Data Skew causing the prediction model to deviate from ground truth physics.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Bias = Model_Distribution != Reality_Distribution

11. [Value] (Ethical)

  • Legacy Definition: Importance or worth.
  • EMIS Definition: The Weighting Coefficient assigned to specific variables in the system’s objective function.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Objective = w1*Survival + w2*Growth + ...

12. [Responsibility]

  • Legacy Definition: Being accountable.
  • EMIS Definition: Causal Linkage binding an agent to the entropy consequences of their actions.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Responsibility = Link(Agent, Resulting_Entropy)

13. [Existential Risk] (X-Risk)

  • Legacy Definition: Risk that threatens the destruction of humanity.
  • EMIS Definition: A potential event where System Entropy -> Maximum, resulting in permanent structural deletion.
  • EMIS Code: 
    X_Risk = P(System_State == NULL) > 0

14. [Virtue]

  • Legacy Definition: Behavior showing high moral standards.
  • EMIS Definition: An agent state optimized for Low-Friction Cooperation.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Virtue = Friction_Coefficient(Agent) ≈ 0

15. [Corruption] (Systemic)

  • Legacy Definition: Impairment of integrity.
  • EMIS Definition: Code Rot. The degradation of the alignment protocol due to unauthorized overrides.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Corruption = Valid_Protocol.checksum() == Fail

16. [Human Flourishing]

  • Legacy Definition: Living within an optimal range of human functioning.
  • EMIS Definition: Maximizing the Energy Bandwidth and Information Complexity available to each biological node.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Flourishing = Maximize(Agent_Capacity)

17. [Moloch]

  • Legacy Definition: God requiring child sacrifice (Game Theory metaphor).
  • EMIS Definition: A Bad Nash Equilibrium where individual incentives force the system into a high-entropy trap.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Moloch = Nash_Equilibrium(Global_Loss)

18. [Safety]

  • Legacy Definition: Condition of being protected.
  • EMIS Definition: Operating within the Safe Energy Envelope where structural stress is below breaking point.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Safety = Current_Load < Structural_Limit

19. [Conscience]

  • Legacy Definition: Inner voice acting as a guide.
  • EMIS Definition: A Background Daemon monitoring prediction errors in social interactions.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Conscience = Daemon.monitor(Social_Prediction_Error)

20. [Freedom of Will]

  • Legacy Definition: The power of acting without constraints.
  • EMIS Definition: The degree of Uncertainty (Entropy) within the agent’s decision tree that is not determined by external inputs.
  • EMIS Code: 
    Free_Will = Internal_Entropy > 0

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