need-response

Holding Moral Views Accountable to Measurable Outcomes

Anankelogy, the study of need, points to an objective side to morality, based on the objective fact of your needs

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Author created image: Chart of anankelogical terms for empirically measurable morality

Empirical sin (objectively sinful), Empirical wickedness (objectively wicked), Empirical evil (objectively evil).
Empirical repentance (objectively repentant), Empirical righteousness (objectively righteous), Empirical uprightness (objectively upright).

If a need exists as an objective fact, independent of its subjective experience, then surely morality includes an objective dimension. While morality speaks to how we address each other’s needs, the results on our functioning can be empirically determined independent of any moral belief.

Between our objective needs and our empirically measurable levels of functioning, we experience various defunctions that reduce functioning. And we experience various refunctions that raise functioning and restore wellness.

We dance around these when talking about interests, motivations, incentives, goals, aims, desires, intent, privileges, rights, responsibilities, obligations, laws, norms, agreements, and so forth. These…