Getting started
Your first five moves.
- Read the introduction.
- Name one fact you have been avoiding.
- Choose one real duty.
- Repair one concrete harm.
- Record what should be remembered.
The Ethosism handbook
A framework
close at hand.
A short guide to the texts, language, and practices of Ethosism. Begin with purpose, integrity, responsibility to others, and a long view. Use these questions when life asks for a decision.
The moral method
Questions to return to.
- What is true?
- Who is affected?
- What would role reversal reveal?
- What duty exists?
- What action is proportionate?
- What harm must be prevented or repaired?
- What should be remembered for the future?
Ethra / A starting vocabulary
Name the difference.
Capacity, desire, choice, and obligation carry different responsibilities. Ethra gives each a distinct word.
- kan
- can; capacity
- lun
- may; permission
- wen
- want; desire
- vel
- choose; agency
- cel
- should; fitting obligation
- dom
- owe; debt
- dov
- vow; binding speech
- mor
- inherited duty
- ten
- entrusted duty
- ren
- repair
Your first month
Build a steady practice.
- Week 1
- Use the weekly rule.
- Week 2
- Read the core Ethos introduction and one domain framework relevant to your life.
- Week 3
- Complete a discernment worksheet and a repair script.
- Week 4
- Host or join one reading/practice session and record the next duty.
Practicing together
Read. Apply. Act. Return.
Read one passage, apply it to one case, choose one action, and review one commitment. Groups should not demand confession, create dependence on a leader, or decide matters that require professional or institutional process. Keep the distinction between text, interpretation, experiment, local custom, and personal opinion visible.
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