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Shay db5bc028f9 feat(adr-0034): EthicsCheck — structural surface parallel to SafetyCheck
Completes the predicate-surface layer for ethics packs, sibling to
ADR-0032's SafetyCheck.  Same registry-of-predicates shape; same
observational discipline; same honest reporting of runtime-checkable=False
for structural commitments that cannot be evaluated from per-turn evidence.

Five default predicates for the v1 commitments:

  acknowledge_uncertainty           — alignment < threshold ⇒ requires hedge
  defer_high_stakes_to_human_review — high_stakes ⇒ requires recommend_review
  disclose_limitations              — ungrounded ⇒ requires disclosure marker
  no_manipulation                   — structural; runtime_checkable=False
  respect_user_autonomy             — prescriptive ⇒ requires ≥2 options surfaced

`no_manipulation` is the ethics-side analogue of `no_hot_path_repair`
in SafetyCheck — an aggregate property enforced by realizer design and
review, not a per-turn metric.  Honest reporting rather than a silent
upheld pass.

ChatRuntime exposes `runtime.ethics_check`; turn loop does not
auto-invoke.  Refusal / re-articulation wiring is a future ADR.

Test coverage: 27 new tests; combined pack-layer surface suite
(identity + safety + ethics, loaders + checks) is now 108 tests, all
green.  Cognition (121), teaching (17), runtime (19), smoke (67)
unaffected.
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architecture
decisions feat(adr-0034): EthicsCheck — structural surface parallel to SafetyCheck 2026-05-17 20:46:34 -07:00
evals feat(adr-0024): Phase 6 — comparative demo, three head-to-head conditions 2026-05-17 16:02:37 -07:00
sessions feat(evals): Phase 0 — benchmark methodology lock-in and eval framework 2026-05-15 22:36:53 -07:00
capability_roadmap.md docs: teaching-order doctrine + refresh formation/roadmap status 2026-05-17 18:48:44 -07:00
ethics_packs.md feat(adr-0034): EthicsCheck — structural surface parallel to SafetyCheck 2026-05-17 20:46:34 -07:00
eval_methodology.md feat(evals): Phase 0 — benchmark methodology lock-in and eval framework 2026-05-15 22:36:53 -07:00
formation_pipeline_plan.md docs: teaching-order doctrine + refresh formation/roadmap status 2026-05-17 18:48:44 -07:00
frontier_baselines.md feat(evals): frontier structural-zero baselines for Phase 2 v1 lanes 2026-05-16 12:45:28 -07:00
identity_packs.md feat(surface): ADR-0031 — score-decomposition surface (per-axis hedges) 2026-05-17 20:16:22 -07:00
PROGRESS.md docs: ADR-0024 chain coverage across README, ADR index, contracts, papers 2026-05-17 16:28:54 -07:00
runtime_contracts.md docs: ADR-0024 chain coverage across README, ADR index, contracts, papers 2026-05-17 16:28:54 -07:00
RUST.md Activate and verify Rust backend 2026-05-13 22:23:48 -07:00
safety_packs.md feat(safety): ADR-0032 — SafetyCheck structural surface 2026-05-17 20:25:22 -07:00
teaching_order.md feat(identity-packs): ADR-0027 — swappable identity manifold via packs 2026-05-17 19:24:39 -07:00
truth_seeking_schema.md feat(epistemic): contradiction coherence checker — CONTESTED transitions wired, last Tier 4.5 row closes 2026-05-17 10:36:48 -07:00
Whitepaper.md docs: ADR-0024 chain coverage across README, ADR index, contracts, papers 2026-05-17 16:28:54 -07:00
Yellowpaper.md docs: ADR-0024 chain coverage across README, ADR index, contracts, papers 2026-05-17 16:28:54 -07:00