Historical Context (1946)
Origins of the Framework
Documentation of the framework's development in post-war Germany. A post-mortem of state complicity conducted by Karl Jaspers in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust.
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Methodology and parameters of the 4 Guilts framework
Framework Overview
Philosophical Scope
The Western Framework
Analysis of the Western philosophical parameters used in the audit. This lens is selected for its focus on individual agency and state authorization.
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Current Case Studies
Mapping of the 1946 framework onto current systemic failures, including the Gaza genocide, the American democratic rupture, and digital complicity.
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Defined Blind Spots
Factual documentation of the finite scope of the tool. Every moral framework contains specific cultural and structural blind spots.
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Local-First Architecture
An audit of complicity requires unyielding data privacy. The architecture is designed to isolate results to the user's device; data is never transmitted to a server.
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Use Jaspers' framework to explore questions of moral responsibility in your own life and the world around you.