Trust Attractor: Ethical Evaluation

The decision architecture derived from entropic principles

SITUATION

Question 1: Does this maximize optionality?

  • Does it preserve future possibilities?
  • Does it avoid irreversible closures?
  • Does it increase degrees of freedom?
If No to Optionality:

RECONSIDER

Find a less closing path.

Question 2: Is this by invitation?

  • Is consent obtained?
  • Can parties opt out?
  • Is coercion absent, including the quiet coercion of unequal power?
If No to Invitation:

STOP

Imposition is not invitation.

Question 3: Is it for mutual benefit?

  • Is it win-win?
  • Is it sustainable and reciprocal?
  • Would it persist without enforcement?
If Yes to Mutual Benefit:

PROCEED

Aligns with the entropic pattern.

If No to Mutual Benefit:

PAUSE

One-sided benefit is extraction.

YOUR PATH

THE PRINCIPLE

Optionality, by invitation, for mutual benefit:

maximize possibilities, by consent, for shared flourishing.

Each question gates the next. All three conditions must be met.

gate (a test)clears all three gatesfails a gate