Notes on the preliminary to an applied ethic

    moral law, conditions that hold
        a) a principle defining the criteria of right action
            : see @ `^^moral law, conditions$`i @ ~/work/ethics/._/text.notes.brec
        b) its command (addressed demand) by our creator
            : see @ `^^moral law, conditions$`i @ ~/work/ethics/._/text.notes.brec
        c) the creator’s backing of it by force
            : see @ `^^moral law, conditions$`i @ ~/work/ethics/._/text.notes.brec
            - the creator forces on us a predisposition|tendency to conform (to endure)
                ∵ in creating us, the creator uses natural selection
                ∵ natural selection ingrains within us a tendency to endure
                ∵ natural selection makes real the power of a) an awareness of having been cared for
                  by our creators *as their brood* to forcefully remedy b) our present failure
                  to care for ourselves *as a species*
                    : re `(a\).+awareness.+\*as their brood\*).+(remedy b\).+failure.+\*as a species\*)`s
                      cf. `^*- ${1} might ${2}$`p @ `^*. what speaks for an action plan`
                    ∵ natural selection makes real the power of d) a group’s experience of being loved
                      or cared for *as a group* to inform and enforce e) the practice of loving or caring
                      for themselves as a group
                        : re `(the power of d\).+\*as a group\*).+(e\) the practice.+as a group)`s
                          cf. `^*∵ of ${1} to enable ${2}$`p @ `^*. what speaks for an action plan`
                    - this fits our concept of promulgated law
                        : see @ `^*∴ effecting awareness \(a\) suffices to animate.+the whole works`
                        ∵ there the promulgation of a command as a writ suffices to enforce it
                          — through a pre-existing apparatus of power — as law
                        ∵ here an awareness of the creator’s care for us suffices to impel our self care,
                          again through a pre-existing apparatus of power
                            - the creator’s will [for us] in the form of the imperative of the safehold
                              is a command, a ‘writ’ in the sky, that we are forced to obey
                            ∴ it is law
            ∴ this condition holds
    moving on: from theory to practice|application complete with the outline (at least)
      of an applied ethic, or a moral and existential action plan \ or however I come to characterize it
        • what speaks for an action plan:
            - a) an awareness of having been cared for by our creators *as their brood* might remedy
              b) our present failure to care for ourselves *as a species*
                : ad `to care.+\*as a species\*` : e.g. to abstain from behaviour
                  that we know to be existentially hazardous
                ∵ (b) is explained by c) a lack of experience of being loved or cared for *as a species*
                    ∵ of the power of d) a group’s experience of being loved or cared for *as a group*
                      to enable e) the practice of loving or caring for themselves as a group
                        / core premise of this explanation and remedy
                        : see https://gemini.google.com/app/61b6e356d65a273d
        • what speaks for an applied ethic:
            - our behaviour in (b) is morally culpable
                : re `\(b\)` see `^ *b\) our present failure to care for ourselves`
                ∵ it runs counter to the purpose of our creator or creators
                    ∵ it exposes us, their creatures, to a risk of extinction
                    ∵ extinction of their creatures is a contingence they sought to avoid
                        ∵ they incorporated in the cosmos an existential safehold
                ∵ a creator’s purpose is the creature’s moral law
                    : see e.g. ../../normative/._/text.notes.brec
        it’s a wrap
            - this argument allows for a text both succinct and decisive
            ∵ natural selection makes real the power of a) an awareness of having been cared for
              by our creators *as their brood* to forcefully remedy b) our present failure
              to care for ourselves *as a species*
                : re `(a\).+awareness.+\*as their brood\*).+(remedy b\) our.+failure.+\*as a species\*)`s
                  cf. `^*- ${1} might ${2}$`p @ `^*. what speaks for an action plan`
                : see @ `^*c\) the creator’s backing of it by force$` @
                  `^^moral law, conditions that hold$`i
                ∴ effecting awareness (a) suffices to animate (effectively automate) the whole works,
                  viz. the enactment|execution of the plan and the application of the ethic
                    - this fits our concept of promulgated law
                        : see @ `^*c\) the creator’s backing of it by force$` @
                          `^^moral law, conditions that hold$`i
            ∵ all this was foreseen and intended by the creators who designed the safehold,
              making them indistinguishable in their apparent omniscience and omnipotence
              from (if not identical to) God
                - I can be agnostic re design explanantia, not preferring one explanans over others
                    : re `design explanantia` see e.g. `^^supernatural design$`i @
                      ~/work/safehold/aetiology/text.brec
                    : re `design explanantia` see e.g. `^^mundane design$`i @
                      ~/work/safehold/aetiology/text.brec
            ∵ the core development theory on which this argument is premised will (I expect)
              translate cleanly from the individual to the collective level
                : see https://gemini.google.com/app/61b6e356d65a273d
                - I expect no loss of coherence here