A11.1 — Moral Realism
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Assumes
- [A11.1](./087_E10.1_Soul-Field-Equation]]
Formal Statement
Statement: Moral facts exist objectively (not mere preference or convention).
Enables
Defeat Conditions
To falsify this axiom, one would need to:
- Successfully defend moral anti-realism — Show morality is purely subjective without self-refutation
- Explain moral progress without moral facts — Why did abolition of slavery represent “progress” if morality is opinion?
- Ground science without normative commitments — Show science works without truth-valuing, honesty-valuing assumptions
The core claim: Some moral propositions are objectively true or false, independent of what any individual or culture believes.
Explanatory Frameworks & Perspectives
Perspective 1: Evolutionary Constructivism (Naturalism)
“Morality is a biological adaptation. We feel that ‘murder is wrong’ because tribes that didn’t murder each other survived better than those that did. Moral ‘facts’ are just useful social contracts evolved for survival. There is no objective ‘Good’ written in the stars; there is only what helps the species persist.”
Theophysics Assessment (The Bridge of Coherence): This view provides a mechanism for how we developed moral intuitions but fails to explain their Binding Authority. If morality is just a survival strategy, then a “Successful Psychopath” who thrives by breaking the rules is not “Evil,” but merely using a different strategy. This violates the core human experience of Moral Realism. Theophysics proposes that morality is the detection of the Coherence Gradient in the Logos Field. “Good” is the name we give to the vector that increases the total integration () and harmony of the system. “Evil” is the name we give to Decoherence (A8.2)—the fragmentation of the field.
Perspective 2: Divine Command Theory
“Morality is the result of God’s will. Something is good because God says so. If God commanded us to be cruel, then cruelty would be good.”
Theophysics Assessment: This makes morality arbitrary. Theophysics argues instead for Divine Nature Theory: God is the Logos (Reason/Coherence). Therefore, God commands what is Good because God is the standard of Coherence. He cannot command cruelty because cruelty is Decoherent, and He is the Source of Logic.
Perspective 3: The Logos Gradient (Structural Realism)
“Morality is as objective as Mathematics. Just as 2+2=4 is a structural fact of logic, ‘Cruelty is Wrong’ is a structural fact of information-integration. The Logos Field () has a specific geometry, and ‘Good’ is the path of stationary action toward the Source.”
Theophysics Assessment: This identifies A11.1 as the Axiom of Value. It proves that values are not “Invented,” they are Discovered.
Comparative Explanatory Assessment
A11.1 establishes the Objectivity of the Ought.
- Theist Unification (Logos Model): Morality is Geometric. It is the alignment of the individual soul-field () with the universal Logos Field (). This explains why morality is universal, intelligible, and non-negotiable.
- Structural Realism (Brute Morality): Moral facts exist as “Platonic Truths” with no explanation. We just “see” them. This accepts the data but leaves the source of the “Ought” mysterious.
- Instrumentalism (Useful Fiction): Morality is a Tool. It’s a “User Interface” for social harmony. (Cost: This view cannot sustain human rights or justice when they become “inconvenient”).
Synthesis: A11.1 is the Axiom of Weight. It asserts that the universe has a Preferred Direction. By identifying this direction with Coherence, the framework bridges the “Is-Ought Gap”: you ought to be good because “Good” is the state of maximum reality and stability.
Collapse Analysis
If [[088_A11.1_Moral-Realism.md) fails:
- Morality becomes a matter of opinion or power.
- The concept of “Sin” (as a deviation from the Good) becomes meaningless.
- The argument for a “Holy God” (the source of the Good) is neutralized.
Coherence as Physical Moral Grounding
The Theophysics move: Define Good ≡ that which increases coherence (C), Evil ≡ that which decreases coherence.
Coherence is measurable:
This makes morality physical. Moral facts become facts about coherence configurations in the χ-field.
Entropy and Moral Thermodynamics
Second Law parallel: Entropy increases in closed systems. Moral entropy (sin) increases in closed moral systems.
Negentropy = Grace: External input decreases entropy. External moral input (grace) decreases moral entropy.
Moral thermodynamics: Good actions are negentropic (create order). Evil actions are entropic (create disorder). This is physical, not metaphorical.
Information-Theoretic Ethics
Moral information: Actions carry moral information—they increase or decrease the coherence of the χ-field.
Kolmogorov morality: Evil = high moral K (chaotic, incompressible). Good = low moral K (ordered, meaningful).
The Logos compresses: The χ-field tends toward meaningful configuration. Evil resists compression; good enables it.
Experimental Signatures
Global Consciousness Project (GCP): Mass events correlate with non-random RNG outputs. If confirmed, this suggests collective moral states affect physical randomness.
ODCR protocol: Observer-dependent collapse rate. If Φ affects collapse, and moral states affect Φ, then morality has physical effects.
Falsifiability: Moral realism via coherence makes predictions: morally coherent actions should correlate with physical coherence measures.
Connection to χ-Field
χ-field moral ontology:
- χ has a “moral gradient”: regions of higher/lower coherence
- Moral actions move souls toward or against the gradient
- The Logos (χ-maximum) defines the moral attractor
- Sin is deviation from the coherence gradient
- Grace is correction back toward coherence
Mathematical Layer
Formal Moral Realism
Definition: Moral realism = there exist propositions P such that:
- P is a moral proposition (about what one ought to do)
- P has a truth value (true or false)
- P’s truth value is mind-independent
Example: “Torturing innocents for fun is wrong” is true regardless of anyone’s beliefs.
The Companions in Guilt Argument
Moral facts are no weirder than mathematical facts:
- Mathematical facts exist objectively
- We access them through intuition and reasoning
- They are causally inert yet explanatorily powerful
- Moral facts are analogous
If you accept mathematical realism (most do), you should accept moral realism.
The Frege-Geach Problem
Challenge to anti-realism: Moral terms must mean the same in embedded contexts:
- “Murder is wrong” (assertion)
- “If murder is wrong, then helping murderers is wrong” (conditional)
Emotivism fails: “Boo murder” can’t be embedded in conditionals coherently.
Moral realism succeeds: “Murder is wrong” expresses a proposition that can be embedded, negated, conditionalized.
Fixed Points and Moral Absolutes
Moral fixed point theorem: If moral reasoning is consistent, there exist moral fixed points—propositions that cannot be coherently denied.
Candidates:
- “Unnecessary suffering is bad” (fixed point)
- “Coherence is good” (Theophysics axiom)
- “Truth is preferable to falsehood” (epistemic fixed point)
Game-Theoretic Morality
Moral facts as equilibria: In repeated games, cooperation emerges as equilibrium. Moral rules encode these equilibria.
But: Game theory alone gives hypothetical imperatives (if you want X, do Y). Theophysics gives categorical imperatives (coherence is objectively good, regardless of desires).
Category-Theoretic Ethics
Moral categories: Actions form a category. Moral evaluation is a functor from Actions to Values.
The terminal object: The Logos (maximum coherence) is the terminal object in the moral category—all moral arrows point toward it.
Source Material
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Prosecution (Worldview Cross-Examination)
Source: PROSECUTION_MASTER_HANDOFF Primary extract note: A11.1_Moral_Realism
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Term Definitions (for disputes)
- D-030 Moral Realism
Reference extracts (definitions)
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