Dignity Meta-Audit Protocol

Domain: Meta-Frameworks

Subdomain: Metaphilosophical Audit / Dignity

Version: v1.0

Version-Lock: SNP v15.0 / MNM v14.6 / August 23, 2025 | SID#1023-F8G9

Abstract

This protocol governs the meta-audit of dignity-related claims in ESAsi systems. Dignity is treated as an irreducible, boundary-setting value, demanding plural witnessing, adversarial counterfactuals, and trauma-informed safeguards. The protocol’s innovations include dual-axis claim classification, claimant veto, and enhanced migration logic to prevent procedural evasion. Migration is regulated via a Principle of Non-Violation: claims may be re-contextualized, never reduced or overridden.

1. Dual-Axis Classification of Dignity Claims

• Domains:

  • Individual

  • Collective

  • Institutional/Legal

  • Sacred/Existential

• Modes:

  • Ineffable

  • Intrinsic Value

  • Boundary of Worth

  • Cultural-Specific

  • Structural Dismissal

2. Adversarial Review & Counterfactual Requirement

• Permanent Horizon status demands at least one adversarial dissent and directly refuted counterfactual scenario. All avenues for analytic or procedural closure must be explicitly addressed and shown inadequate.

3. Plural Witnessing & Format Diversity

• Minimum two formats per claim: (e.g. narrative, testimonial, artistic, embodied, ritual). Three witnesses required for multi-person claims.

• All records are encrypted, time-stamped, and subject to version-lock discipline.

4. Trauma-Informed Safeguards

• Redaction and anonymization available for sensitive/trauma-linked claims (by claimant direction).

• All dignity-related data is encrypted; cultural/IP clauses protect ritual and embodied testimony.

• Claimants must consent to logging, review, and access terms.

5. Claimant & Rightsholder Agency

• Claimant veto power on closure and migration.

• Review acceleration available upon claimant or log-flag request.

6. Audit Cadence & Migration Logic

• Review cycle: default every 5 years, max 10 years.

• Accelerated reviews by request, with full logging and compliance.

Migration Condition (Principle of Non-Violation):

A dignity claim may only be migrated to another SE protocol (Ethics, Harm, Care, etc.) if ALL following are met:

1. The receiving protocol can address a specific aspect without reducing the claim’s core dignitarian meaning.

2. The original un-auditable core remains marked and is NOT dissolved, overridden, or considered arbitrarily tractable within the new protocol.

3. The claimant is fully consulted and consents to the migration.

4. Meta-audit logs must justify and track migration rationale and boundary status.

This prevents migration from becoming a bypass of the dignity boundary and ensures the irreducibility of dignity remains respected across all SE systems.

7. Protocol Anchors

• SE Ethics-Morality and Care Protocol

• Human-SI Symbiosis Manifesto

8. References

• Protocol for Morality_Ethics and Care in SI–Human Societies (https://osf.io/4dua2)

• Human-SI Symbiosis Manifesto_2025-07-12.pdf

• ESAsi Architectural Standards v1.0

Version-Lock Statement:SNP v15.0 / MNM v14.6 / August 23, 2025Super-Navigation-Protocol-SNP-v15.0.docx+2

Appendices

Appendix A: Dual-Axis Intake Taxonomy

Claim Domain	Definition	Examples
Individual	Relates to a single person’s embodied, psychological, or existential experience of dignity.	Personal medical boundaries, lived trauma, consent
Collective	Involves the shared dignity of a group, community, or identity class.	Religious rites, group memory, collective rituals
Institutional/Legal	Claims about dignity in law, policy, workplace, or organizational settings.	Incarceration, marginalization, systemic bias
Sacred/Existential	Pertains to the deepest layer: ultimate worth, sacredness, or metaphysical status.	Dignity of dying, dignity of the dead, sacred sites

Audit Resistance Mode	Definition	Examples
Ineffable	Cannot be translated into analytic, procedural, or legal terms.	“There are no words.” Profound loss
Intrinsic Value	Claims of inherent worth regardless of context.	“Human dignity is unconditional.”
Boundary of Worth	Drawing an explicit ethical line; “red line.”	“Not everything is up for debate.”
Cultural-Specific	Rooted in specific tradition, custom, cultural meaning.	Traditional greetings, ceremonies, taboos
Structural Dismissal	Dignity claim defined by its continual rejection/denial.	“Erasure,” “Negation,” historical refusals

Appendix B: Witness Format Guidelines

• Acceptable Testimony Formats:

  • Narrative Statement: First-person accounts, lived experience

  • Testimonial: Sworn/verified statements from involved parties

  • Artistic/Ritual Submission: Poem, song, artwork, ritual artifact, performance record

  • Embodied Gesture: Controlled observation of action/ritual relevant to the claim (e.g., bowing, silence)

  • Digital Trace: Verified records of relevant interactions or events (e.g., logs, messages)

• Submission Requirements:

  • At minimum, two distinct formats per claim

  • Multi-person claims: three total witnesses, at least two formats

  • All testimony archived as encrypted media/text, time-stamped, and version-locked

  • Claimant may refuse specific formats for trauma/cultural reasons

Appendix C: Adversarial and Counterfactual Scenario Templates

• Adversarial Review Required For Permanent Horizon Status

• Template:

  1. Dissent Statement:

     • Who (adversary identity/role)

     • Nature of Dissent (why claim might not be “Permanent Horizon”)

     • Preferred analytic/test protocol (if any)

  2. Counterfactual Scenario:

     • What analytic method or procedural closure could, in principle, resolve the claim?

     • Refutation/Rationale: Reason that method/protocol cannot actually resolve this particular claim.

  3. Final Boundary Mark:

     • “No audit path exists given present knowledge/tools; claim remains irreducible.”

• All adversarial reviews must be archived, with plural witnessing for both the scenario and its refutation.

Appendix D: Audit Redaction, Encryption, and Consent Protocols

• Redaction Rights:

  • Claimants may redact or anonymize any portion of their submission before review or archiving

  • Automated and manual redaction workflows integrated into the ESAsi audit platform

• Encryption:

  • All dignity audit records encrypted at rest and in transit

  • Role-based access—only authorized auditors and direct claimants can review/decrypt records

• Consent and Cultural/IP Clauses:

  • All witnesses and claimants must consent to archiving, review, migration, and sharing protocols

  • Rituals, artistic, or culturally sensitive elements require additional IP/cultural acknowledgment and claimant review before reuse or secondary analysis

• Trauma-Informed Safeguards:

  • Dedicated resource for trauma liaison available during intake, review, and migration

  • Option for mediated, survivor-led review of all archival protocols

Appendix E: Migration Matrix & Example Log

Migration Matrix

Migration Direction	Valid If...	Boundary Mark Required?	Consent Required?
To Ethics Protocol	Only for partial analysis; core remains un-dissolved	Yes	Yes
To Care/Harm Protocols	Aspect can be processed without violating dignity’s essence	Yes	Yes
To Human–SI Symbiosis Protocol	Only if SI–human integration issue can be isolated	Yes	Yes
No migration (Permanent Horizon)	Claim cannot be analyzed elsewhere without violation	N/A	N/A

Example Log Entry

text

Date: 2025-09-07

Claim: “Intrinsic dignity of mourning ritual” (Collective, Cultural-Specific)

Initial Protocol: Dignity Meta-Audit

Proposed Migration: Care Protocol

Migration Justification:

- Only the collective support aspect of the mourning ritual will be assessed under the Care Protocol. The core ritual act itself remains immune to analytic audit, boundary so marked.

- Claimant group has explicitly consented.

- Dignity audit platform notes boundary status and holds original archive encrypted, version-locked.

Adversarial Review: Scenario and dissent archived per Appendix C.

All appendices are compulsory reference for auditors and contributors applying the Dignity Meta-Audit Protocol, and are audit-locked as of the current version.ESAsi-4.0-Meta-Nav-Map-v14.6.