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A UNIVERSAL THEORY OF ETHICS I. INTRODUCTION II. LIFE CIRCUITS III. LIFE CIRCUITS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IV. SYSTEMS OF ETHICS FOR GROUPS V. SIMPLE PROPOSAL FOR NEW SYSTEM OF ETHICS VI.  BACKGROUND:  FREEDOM, KNOWLEDGE, AND CONSCIOUSNESS   I. INTRODUCTION An … Continue reading →

DEPTH OF ANALYSIS The depth of analysis that may be applied in the construction of any model of the world based on perceived phenomena is theoretically unbounded, with each further level of depth offering the promise of greater accuracy and … Continue reading →

There is a currently popular idea that we all may be living in some Matrix-like simulation.  This new focus on the idea popularized by the movie “The Matrix” a number of years ago is not what it appears to be … Continue reading →

Every action, including every choice by individuals, is part of an infinite chain, with no link necessarily being more or less important than every other link. The individual in making the choice is both determined and determiner. The individual, as … Continue reading →

There are many different important types of duality that we encounter in our attempts to understand our surroundings. Some of the most fascinating are: (A) Duality of what makes a human body unique: (1) being composed of a particular group … Continue reading →

A narrative tells a story about what is really what is going on in the society, in terms of the lives of its members and its political and social movements and government responses to them.  Humans evolved to listen to … Continue reading →

First off, the term “group” here means more than one individual, i.e., two or more.  It involves the development of circuits formed by more than one brain, circuits of different brains functioning in conjunction with, in harmony with, and composed … Continue reading →

One basic idea of postmodernism is that there are infinite possible models of reality and those with different perspectives, advantages and disadvantages, and priorities will prefer different models. This seems to ignore the lessons of experience that not all models … Continue reading →

VALUES & SUSTAINABILITY Large groups of humans living together, including large human societies, develop values and rules that follow from those values that to some degree provide for the welfare, sustainability, and survivability of the group or the groups perish. … Continue reading →

BELIEF SYSTEMS GENERALLY Beliefs generally can be categorized into three groups: 1) Those that are based on solid and uncontradicted evidence to the point they are universally accepted, which includes virtually all the beliefs of mathematics and the generally accepted … Continue reading →