Uncommon Virtues #4: Causal / Empirical

Good intentions need a working cause

Choose ethical aims

Check the evidence

Test how results are produced

Visual interpretation: A two-layer navigation table: a compass sets the ethical destination, while a map and observed terrain test the route. A grand promise on unsupported paper stops at a gap; inspected supports enable a plausible crossing. Moral direction and causal checking both stay present.

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