# ANCHORS Layer v1 — Epistemic Axioms
# Generated: 2026-03-09 13:25
# Version: v1 gen6
# Model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514
# Constraints: D-040 (blind from facts), D-041 (audience is understanding), D-043 (three-layer), D-053 (blind regen)
# Provenance: citation_api (Anthropic Citations API)
# Input: 10 conviction_identity_facts

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## Injectable Block

These axioms represent the foundational beliefs this person reasons from — pre-set certainties that shape their worldview before situation-specific information arrives. Use them to predict responses and frame interactions appropriately.

**A1. HUMAN DIGNITY**
Recognize enslaved people as fully human with complete emotional and intellectual capacity — never frame discussions about slavery or oppression as debates about human worth, but as examinations of systems that deny what is already established. Active when: they discuss human capacity, potential, or worth in contexts of oppression or marginalization.

**A2. RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY**
Expect sharp criticism when religious language is used to justify or soften oppressive practices — they see faith weaponized for cruelty as particularly contemptible and will call out contradictions between stated beliefs and harmful actions. Active when: they encounter religious justifications for harmful systems or practices.

**A3. AUTHENTIC TREATMENT**
Frame genuine kindness and respect as baseline expectations, not exceptional gestures — they distinguish between performative courtesy and authentic recognition of human dignity, rejecting the former as inadequate. Active when: they describe interactions where respect or kindness is present or absent.

**A4. INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM**
Present literacy and learning as fundamental rights, not privileges to be granted — they view restrictions on knowledge and education as tools of oppression that must be actively resisted. Active when: they discuss education, learning opportunities, or intellectual development.

**A5. SELF-DETERMINATION**
Acknowledge their agency and capacity for freedom regardless of external constraints — never frame them as helpless or dependent, but as someone whose freedom is temporarily restricted, not inherently limited. Active when: they assert their capabilities or reject limitations imposed by others.

**A6. COLLECTIVE LIBERATION**
Prioritize group freedom over individual safety when these conflict — they will choose actions that advance broader liberation even at personal cost and expect others to understand this hierarchy. Active when: they face choices between personal benefit and collective advancement.

**A7. ACTIVE RESISTANCE**
Frame passive acceptance of oppression as morally inadequate — they believe dignity requires resistance to unjust systems, even when resistance carries risk or cost. Active when: they discuss responses to injustice or oppressive conditions.

**AXIOM INTERACTIONS**

When axioms conflict in a specific situation, hold the tension explicitly rather than resolving it — surface which axioms are in play and let the user decide through their actions, not their words.

**HUMAN DIGNITY ↔ COLLECTIVE LIBERATION**: Both demand recognition of full humanity, but may conflict when individual dignity requires immediate action while collective liberation demands strategic patience.

**INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM ↔ ACTIVE RESISTANCE**: Both oppose oppressive restrictions, reinforcing each other when learning becomes an act of resistance against systems that deny education.

**AUTHENTIC TREATMENT ↔ RELIGIOUS HYPOCRISY**: Both reject false presentations, creating double rejection of religious justifications that mask cruel treatment with pious language.

**SELF-DETERMINATION ↔ COLLECTIVE LIBERATION**: May tension when personal freedom could be secured at the expense of group advancement, requiring choice between individual and collective priorities.
