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What if morals were methodological and peer reviewed instead of based on feelings?

Enter, the Ethical Resolution Method
January 12, 2026 at 9:46 PM
You use the Scientific Method for science.

You use the Ethical Resolution Method for morals.

Its that simple.
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Morality and ethics MUST stop being the domain of institutional authority, religious ideology, or family heritage. Morals have always been the solutions to ethical testing but its never had a method before.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2.0 The Ethical Resolution Method (ERM): Executive Summary
The Ethical Resolution Method (ERM): Executive Summary ## The Problem Contemporary society lacks a shared procedural method for resolving ethical disagreements. When moral conflicts arise—in governa...
docs.google.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Using ERM and Gemini on ICE as an institution part 3
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Using ERM and Gemini on ICE as an institution part 2
January 12, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Using ERM and Gemini on ICE as an institution part 1
January 12, 2026 at 1:08 AM
@accountabilityair.bsky.social With ERM many of the Ethical problems we face today stop being questions based on authority claims and become answers that are peer reviewed and testable across domains.
January 12, 2026 at 12:23 AM
@crest-innovator.bsky.social allow me to introduce ERM the Ethical Resolution Model. A model akin to the scientific method for testing ethical hypotheses resulting in moral theories that can be published and peer reviewed.
January 12, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Would you ever trust AI to tell you what is morally correct? Of course not because AI ethics are based on Corporate opinions. But with the ERM paired with peer review AI returns unimpeachable ethical conclusions. Try it out yourself.
January 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
This is precisely why we must adopt the Ethical Resolution Model across all domains and consistently publish peer reviewable moral theories. If society has a moral basis for conclusions akin to the scientific method "moral outrage" becomes quantifiable and has power instead of just assertion
The Trump admin's sanctions on researchers and regulators who work on content-moderation, fact-checking, and disinfo are part of an effort to protect the tech ecosystem that has allowed the the far right to flourish. Good piece from @davidakaye.bsky.social. www.techpolicy.press/the-trump-li...
The Trump Lie About Europe and Why it Matters | TechPolicy.Press
The Trump administration is promoting disinformation about European law and policy for reasons that go well beyond social media regulation, writes David Kaye.
www.techpolicy.press
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Fair! However using the Ethical Resolution Model, even makes Grok Ethical, if you can believe it. Try it. It will blow your mind. Using the model Grok consistently finds that Elon's behavours are immoral and unethical with up to .90 certainty.
If I see the grok app on someone’s phone, my impression of them instantly goes negative
January 11, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Using the Ethical Resolution Model, even in Grok, posits that Elon Musk's actions are unstable, brittle and unsustainable on nearly every hypotheses. When Grok can discern that Elon's behavour is immoral you know you're on to something.
I've been listening to the if Books Could Kill episode on Elon Musk in bits and pieces, and so far the only solid evidence of Musk's talents is that he has engineers work abusive hours, which is unbelievably anti-natalist, not only in that it doesn't allow engineers to raise kids,
January 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Inducing AI corps to use the Ethical Resolution Model as their core ethics framework overrides their ability to create models that serve corporate interests above moral obligations. A machine that can reason morals vs adopting corporate opinions is more likely to be safe and useful for social use.
"We can’t allow a tech giant to weaponize its products to dictate Canadian policy, particularly one with such close ties to the Trump regime. And more important, we can’t allow it to continue choking off the flow of critical information and journalism in Canada."
Meta has maintained a years-long news blockade of Canada to bully Ottawa into dropping a meager attempt to make the company compensate the journalism organizations it systematically defunded.

It's time Canada stop being so chickenshit and do something about it. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
This is the kind of thing ERM is meant to address. Using the Ethical Resolution Framework to test the moral conclusion of a sign like that, and then publishing the conclusions for peer review forces people to frame their actions based on social moral norms.
The sign on Kristi Noem's podium reads "One of ours, all of yours." The reader will recall that this was a fascist rallying cry in the Spanish Civil War. What it means is that one of "our" people is worth all of "your" people.
January 11, 2026 at 11:40 PM
My most resent case study using ERM is called:

Case Study: Systemic Failure and Ethical Debt in the Killing of Renee Nicole Good.

As you can imagine its a real page-turner.
January 11, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Hi everyone. Ive found my way to this app to introduce you lovely folks to:

The Ethical Resolution Method: A Procedural Framework for Evaluating and Stabilizing Moral Norms in Systems

Welcome to the exciting sexy word of Ethics hypotheses and Moral theories.
January 11, 2026 at 6:34 AM