Meta-Ethical Frameworks
Higher-order organizational systems that structure and evaluate different ethical systems, providing principles for comparing and choosing between competing moral frameworks.
Moral Pluralism
The position that multiple, potentially conflicting moral frameworks can be simultaneously valid within different contexts or from different perspectives.
Moral Realism
The philosophical position that moral facts exist independently of what anyone believes about them, providing objective foundations for ethical evaluation.
Moral Relativism
The position that moral judgments are relative to specific cultural, historical, or individual contexts rather than being universally valid.
Maladaptive Rigidity
A consequence of deep Cognitive Entrenchment where an information system's ingrained nature becomes a barrier to adopting necessary changes or new, more effective systems, especially when the environment changes significantly. This transforms resilience into a resistance to beneficial evolution.