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Affect-Invariance

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Baseline safety and remedy should not change based on distress, fatigue, disability, fear, or anger.

Definition

Baseline safety and remedy should not change based on distress, fatigue, disability, fear, or anger. Primary threat model: virtue as access control.

Affect-invariance reinforces care floor guarantees and protects contestability.

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v1.1.0

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Jan 9, 2026

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Affect-Invariance. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/affect-invariance

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Affect-Invariance." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/affect-invariance.

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Affect-Invariance." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/affect-invariance.

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@misc{glossary_affect-invariance,
  title={Affect-Invariance},
  author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
  year={2026},
  howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
  url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/affect-invariance},
  version={v1.1.0}
}

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Contact: research@ethotechnics.org

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  • Published: Dec 3, 2025
  • Last updated: Jan 9, 2026
  • Version: v1.1.0
  • DOI: Pending Zenodo deposit

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Changelog

  • v1.1.0 · 2026-01-09 — Expanded scholarly metadata, operational tests, and provenance notes.
  • v1.0.0 · 2025-12-03 — Initial glossary release with stable permalinks.