Moral knowledge for human systems

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Singer, Alan E.^*

Affiliations: Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, USA

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Alan E. Singer, Appalachian State University, Boone NC, 28608 USA. Tel.: +1 828 262 2163; E-mail: singerae@appstate.edu.

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.

Keywords: Knowledge, truth, human-goods, market-limitations, intentions

DOI: 10.3233/HSM-161624

Journal: Human Systems Management, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 325-333, 2016