The Emergence Machine

Innocent

property · ethics · Level 11 · E10

E10Institutions

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Emergence definition

Innocence emerges from the absence of guilt, which requires a moral framework and self-awareness, and implies a commitment to moral purity, thus being free from the emotional response to having violated a rule or norm.

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Wiktionary senses

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

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

Historical origin

Origin word
innocent
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L3L2L1L0InnocentGuiltCultureEmotionSocietyMoralityCausalityCellLive… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLandActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

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

thisprerequisitesInnocentL11MoralityL3GuiltL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Morality L3 (requires)
    Innocence implies moral purity
  • Guilt L10 (requires)
    Innocence is the absence of guilt