Moral Behavior (of Systems) — Operational test: Post-incident reviews tie outcomes to system controls rather than intent statements.
Operational test "Post-incident reviews tie outcomes to system controls rather than intent statements." for Moral Behavior (of Systems) in the Core concepts glossary category.
Operational test
Post-incident reviews tie outcomes to system controls rather than intent statements.
Use this test to validate operational readiness.
Pair this test with the minimum evidence criteria to capture both qualitative and quantitative signals.
- Evidence artifact: Artifact documenting how Moral Behavior (of Systems) is expected, enforced, or governed.
- Behavior signal: Observed behavior showing Moral Behavior (of Systems) in practice during real use or drills.
- Metric signal: Metric tracked to monitor Moral Behavior (of Systems) performance over time.
Observable system outcomes that prevent harm, distribute burden fairly, and keep people able to contest and recover. Moral behavior is evaluated via MPIs like time-to-halt , reversibility , and fair burden distribution —not by stated intent. A system does not “behave morally” if MPIs are tracked but do not trigger pause rules, remediation, or resourcing.
A. Core concepts. These terms define the Ethotechnics discipline itself and set expectations for moral system design.
Defines the observable outcomes Ethotechnics expects across governance, design, and operations.