Moral knowledge for human systems

Abstract

Some stated information, such as “1+1 = 2” or “force = mass×acceleration” can be assessed as true or false in a sense that is enduring and independent of politics. Such statements are subject to merely minor objections or caveats that for almost-all practical purposes amount to nit-picking. The same can be said about many natural-language (NL) evaluative statements that refer to (i) the human-goods, (ii) the limitations of markets (with respect to those goods), and the (iii) general qualities of human intentions. However, the only available true statements about these things are imprecise, containing words like “frequently” or “complicated”. In future, the knowledge-based economy should be fully in-formed by what is known: that is, statements about humans and markets that are true in the above sense.