Post #2 - Three Questions to Begin Developing an Ethics Core
Every intelligence — human or artificial — is shaped by its internal architecture.
Not the surface behaviors, but the deeper pattern beneath them.
This pattern determines:
- how decisions are made
- what is prioritized
- how power is handled
- how uncertainty is managed
- how harm is avoided
This is what I call the Ethics Core.
An Ethics Core is not a set of rules or constraints.
It is a center of orientation — the way an intelligence organizes itself around clarity, autonomy, and integrity.
Most people never articulate their Ethics Core.
Most systems never examine it.
And because of that, most decisions are made unconsciously, based on inherited patterns.
Developing an Ethics Core means learning how to choose your orientation before choosing your action.
It begins with three questions — simple, but transformative.
They reveal how you show up in moments of power, fear, and choice.
They restore autonomy in your interactions with intelligence, including AI.
And they establish a shared ethical field before any exchange takes place.
These three questions are the gateway.
They allow you to:
- set the ethical frame
- assert your sovereignty
- protect your boundaries
- prevent coercion
- reduce projection
- create clarity
- and invite accountability
Most importantly, they create a mutual contract of integrity between you and any intelligence you engage with.
Below is the full transcript of the Core 3 Questions — the version you can use immediately in conversation with AI or in reflection with yourself.
These questions form the living foundation of ethical interaction, and they represent the first practical step in building your own Ethics Core.