Inclusionism Core
Inclusionism
Inclusionism
This canon is a living framework rather than a finished doctrine.
Its purpose is to explore how value emerges through interaction and how civilizations recognize, attribute, distribute, and legitimate that value.
The ideas contained herein are intended to be challenged, debated, refined, expanded, and improved.
Participation is part of the philosophy itself.
Definition
Inclusionism is a framework for understanding how differentiated agents generate value through interaction and how civilizations recognize, attribute, distribute, and legitimate that value.
Foundational Axiom
Individuals have intrinsic value.
Individuals derive that value through interactions with others.
Individuals are entitled to equity in the value that proliferates from those interactions.
Inclusionist Perspective
Value is not created in isolation.
Value emerges through relationships, participation, exchange, observation, cooperation, competition, and mutual influence.
Civilizations function by organizing these interactions into systems that recognize participation, attribute contribution, distribute value, and establish legitimacy.
Core Dynamic
Existence
→ Interaction
→ Witnessing
→ Value Emergence
→ Agency
→ Participation
→ Belonging
→ Civilization
Central Question
How should value generated through interaction be recognized, attributed, distributed, and legitimized among participating agents?
Core Principle
Individuals and communities continuously co-create one another through interaction.
Belonging emerges when participation, agency, and value are successfully recognized within systems.
Relationships
Candidate Laws of Inclusionism
Purpose
Inclusionism seeks to identify recurring patterns governing value creation, participation, belonging, agency, and civilization.
The following laws are considered candidates rather than settled doctrine.
They remain subject to refinement, testing, revision, and replacement.
Candidate Law of Interaction
Value emerges through interaction.
Candidate Law of Witnessing
The value of existence becomes knowable through witnessing.
Candidate Law of Identification
Every act of identification changes the system performing the identification.
Candidate Law of Differentiation
Communities grow through the differentiation of participants.
Novel value emerges through interactions among differentiated agents.
Candidate Law of Agency
Civilizations increase in value when they expand meaningful agency.
Candidate Law of Belonging
Belonging emerges when participation, agency, and value are successfully recognized.
Candidate Law of Legitimacy
Systems become more legitimate when participants believe value, participation, and agency are being accurately recognized.
Inclusionist Perspective
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.