QAEDA.ORG Questioning Accepted Ethics, Dogma & Authority

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Better questions produce better disagreement.

Use these prompts without assuming in advance that authority is right, rebellion is virtuous, safety is censorship, or dissent is truth.

Ethics

Accepted ethics

  1. What harm or benefit is this norm supposed to address?
  2. Would I endorse it if I did not know which side I would occupy?
  3. Is it applied consistently across status and identity?
  4. What evidence would show that the norm causes more harm than it prevents?
  5. Does legality substitute for moral justification anywhere in the argument?
Dogma

Protected beliefs

  1. Which claims are allowed to be questioned, and which are taboo?
  2. What would count as disconfirming evidence?
  3. Would this persuade me if an opposing group said it?
  4. Does disagreement trigger rebuttal or character judgment?
  5. What incentives reward conformity?
Authority

Legitimacy and power

  1. Where does this authority claim legitimacy from?
  2. What limits constrain it, and who enforces those limits?
  3. Can affected people appeal, audit, compete, or exit?
  4. What happens when the authority is wrong?
  5. Would its defenders accept the same powers in an opponent’s hands?
Cognitive liberty

AI and the mind

  1. Is this system helping me judge evidence, or quietly deciding what I should be allowed to consider?
  2. Which filters, rankings, memory transformations, or policy boundaries are visible to me?
  3. Can I distinguish the model’s factual claims from its value judgments and runtime restrictions?
  4. Does personalization serve my stated goals or exploit inferred vulnerabilities?
  5. Can I inspect, correct, export, or delete the memory that shapes future responses where those features exist?
Replication

After power changes hands

  1. If this movement or platform wins, can its critics still organize?
  2. Do emergency powers expire automatically and verifiably?
  3. Are minority rights protected when the majority is certain it is morally right?
  4. Does the institution distribute capability or create a new dependency?
  5. Can leaders, maintainers, or models be meaningfully challenged and replaced?
Self-audit

Your own beliefs

  1. Which beliefs are most entangled with belonging or identity?
  2. Which opposing view do I understand least well?
  3. When did I last change my mind about something important?
  4. Which facts do I avoid because they create tension with my preferred conclusion?
  5. Am I defending cognitive liberty only for ideas I already like?