The Emergence Machine

Ethical

abstract · philosophy · Level 5 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

ethical emerges from moral + virtue. It requires behavior.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “ethical” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “ethical”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
ἠθικός (ēthikos)
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL5L4L3L2L1L0EthicalMoralGoodValueActionChangeQualityQuantityEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesUnethicalL6EthicalL5MoralL4E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Moral L4 (conceptual)
    Ethical is the domain of morals

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