A Moral Framework for the Systems Age
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Update:
I have temporarily removed the free download link for Herd Ethics. The Infrastructuralism and Herd Ethics project is evolving quickly, and the current version of the book no longer reflects the most recent developments. I will continue releasing new Infrastructuralism Papers and plan to revise and publish a second edition of Herd Ethics in the future. Thank you for your understanding and support.
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From the Herd Ethics Lab:
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Who Is the “Us” That AI Is Supposed to Kill?
Rethinking AI alignment through spectrum-based agent classification (MAT) and shared infrastructure (Herd Ethics) This might sound like an odd question, but stay with me. For years, we’ve been told that artificial intelligence will eventually turn against us. From The Terminator to The Matrix to iRobot, the narrative is always the same: machines rise up, and humanity pays the price. But…
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Infrastructuralism
This entry defines Infrastructuralism, the normative ethical theory on which Herd Ethics is built. It was first formalized by Ashton Campbell in 2025 and establishes the structural conditions under which moral judgment is possible. Infrastructuralism (defined and first formalized by Ashton Campbell, 2025) is a normative ethical theory that judges an action right or wrong…
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Survival is Morality
Survival is Morality Ashton Campbell 1. The Floor Beneath All Value Humans have always experienced gravity. It keeps our feet on the ground, our coffee in the cup, and our bones from drifting into space. Yet for most of history, gravity was simply felt—not understood. It wasn’t until Isaac Newton, relatively late in the arc…