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name: paper-lostracco-k-2025-a-theory-of-ethics-from-first-principles
description: Apply the Lostracco on Ethics from Thermodynamic Axioms article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Lostracco on Ethics from Thermodynamic Axioms

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/paper-lostracco-k-2025-a-theory-of-ethics-from-first-principles). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/paper-lostracco-k-2025-a-theory-of-ethics-from-first-principles.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/paper-lostracco-k-2025-a-theory-of-ethics-from-first-principles/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

What the work establishes K. Lostracco presents a derivation of ethics from two axioms. A0 is the Second Law of Thermodynamics. A1 is the Intent to Persist, defined as a system's tendency to maintain and promote its own persistence through 

## Representations

- Human: /a/paper-lostracco-k-2025-a-theory-of-ethics-from-first-principles
- JSON: /api/articles/paper-lostracco-k-2025-a-theory-of-ethics-from-first-principles
- Relationships: /api/articles/paper-lostracco-k-2025-a-theory-of-ethics-from-first-principles/topology
- History: /api/articles/paper-lostracco-k-2025-a-theory-of-ethics-from-first-principles/revisions