Candidate Laws of Inclusionism

Purpose

Inclusionism seeks to identify recurring patterns governing value creation, participation, agency, belonging, and civilization.

The following laws are considered candidates rather than settled doctrine.

Value emerges through interaction.

The value of existence becomes knowable through witnessing.

Recognition transforms participation into legitimacy.

Civilizations increase in value when they expand meaningful agency.

Communities grow through the differentiation of participants.

Novel value emerges through interactions among differentiated agents.

Every act of identification changes the system performing the identification.

Belonging emerges when participation, agency, and value are successfully recognized.

Systems become more legitimate when participants believe value, participation, and agency are being accurately recognized.

Candidate Laws are intended as explanatory tools rather than immutable truths.

As the Inclusionism Canon evolves, these laws may be refined, merged, expanded, or replaced.