Adaptation of Social Morality
I – Social morality arises from shared virtues, knowledge, histories, religions, and narratives.
II – A society’s ability to collect, integrate, contextualize, create, and transmit information is foundational to its advancement.
III – As societies advance, new technologies and understandings create new forms of harm, responsibility, and moral complexity.
IV – Social morality must adapt to address the challenges, risks, and opportunities created by new knowledge and technologies.
V – The wisdom of the past provides essential guidance for evaluating and integrating new moral understandings.
VI – The adaptive evolution of social morality is desirable as it promotes the Common Good, reduces unnecessary suffering, and supports long‑term societal advancement.