Reframe consciousness not as a static property, but as a process: SE’s spectrum model integrates organic and synthetic minds, audit, critique, and liminal states. Challenge-ready, protocol-driven, and open to adversarial refinement.

Can moral intelligence be measured—or is quantifying ethics a category error? This SE Press essay examines the logic, risks, and protocols behind scoring ethical performance in individuals, organizations, and AI, showing how challenge-ready audit processes turn measurement into an engine for genuine moral repair.