The Objects of Objective Morality

James Smith

Using Basic Formal Ontology, this study demonstrates that there are four upper-level disciplines in morals and ethics. Those four disciplines are: sociology/ people, economics/ money, energy/ thoughts and emotions, matter/ all other things with Mass. These disciplines are based on real objects. The method used in the study is based on a published work using empirical data from human research. The main results are that these are the four areas that cover the total human life experience and thus all morality and ethics focuses on these four areas specifically and/or collectively. There is mathematical diversity to show these four areas can cover each human that lives today thousands of times. These areas can be used relatively easily to solve the major dilemmas of morality that are put forth as scholarly challenges. The conclusion from ongoing learning is the argument: 1) There are only four objective disciplines at the highest level of human experience. 2) The four areas encompass every moral concern and dilemma showing clear patterns of choice. 3) Conclusion: all AI, education, politics, social constructions, and individual actions must include focus specifically on these four areas to be fully moral.

James D. Smith holds a PhD in human and organizational systems from Fielding Graduate University (2013), a Masters of Industrial Labor Relations from Cornell University, and an MBA from Canisius University. His dissertation title is A Synthesis of Prevailing Conflict Management Paradigms: Toward a Unity of Conflict. Since 2010 he has served as president of the Foundation of Unity, an educational nonprofit promoting interdisciplinary awareness through research, science and art. From 1993-1999 he served as Spiritual Care Director and Inter-Institutional Bio-ethics founder and chairperson at the Niagara Hospice, Inc. Until 2010, he served as advisor with a global financial firm UBS.

Smith, James. D. 2016. “A Human Experience Realist Ontology in Basic Formal Ontology.” Knowledge Organization 43: 502-516. 42 references.