Completing Moral Realism and Anti‑Realism Through the Carlo Framework: A Mechanism for Emergent Norm Formation Under Collective Constraint

DESCRIPTION:This work completes the moral realism vs anti-realism debate by supplying the mechanism ethics lacks. Realism claims that moral truths are objective, while anti-realism claims they are subjective constructions. Using the Carlo Framework, this paper introduces the contradiction engine, the trajectory update rule, and the Reset Operator > as the missing structural components that mechanise moral norm formation. The completed model treats the conflict between individual preferences and collective stability as a contradiction loop. When this loop exceeds tolerance, the Carlo reset mechanism produces stable moral norms. This paper formalises the moral contradiction, defines the reset thresholds, and provides a unified mechanism linking subjective values to emergent objective norms. KEYWORDS:moral realism, anti-realism, ethics, norm formation, moral psychology, collective behaviour, social coordination, contradiction engine, Carlo Framework, Reset Operator, trajectory update rule, moral stability, foundational ethics, theoretical philosophy, dynamic systems, system reorganisation, contradiction loops, threshold dynamics, structural completion, mechanism-level explanation, moral change, norm revision, cultural variation, emergent objectivity, behavioural constraints, system reset events, structural dynamics, moral thresholds, ethical modelling, dynamic morality, system transformation, moral operators, moral behaviour, ethical evolution, moral structure formation