- Michael Alan Prestwood
- 2002
Layered Empirical Realism
TST Ethics affirms that moral life aims at flourishing: biologically, psychologically, socially, and structurally. These layers are interdependent and context-sensitive, weighted differently across cultures and historical conditions. Moral standing extends beyond humanity to conscious life, and preservation of living and natural systems carries ethical significance.
Flourishing is pursued within constraint. Harm functions as a limiting variable, not the sole metric. Good intent matters, but outcomes reveal responsibility. Awareness increases obligation; once harm is understood, virtue requires adjustment. Destruction demands justification; preservation is the default preference.
Live legal, moral, and fair.
TST Ethics distinguishes between Personal Morality, which cultivates character and reflective responsibility, and Group Ethics, which structures justice, law, and shared stability. Within Group Ethics, Political Theory explores how rational rights, empirical fairness, and institutional design can sustain evolving, flourishing societies. Moral maturity is not perfection, but disciplined progress — striving, within reality’s constraints, toward better alignment.
No Kings Has Deep Historical Roots
Fear-based Ethical Systems: Karma and God’s Wrath
Existential Toolkit: Evolution’s Consciousness Misstep
Existential Toolkit: Evolution’s Consciousness Misstep
Parable of the Ship by Roger Williams, 1655
Immigration and the Credible Fear Test
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