This document establishes the constitutional status of interpersonal moral norms within the Energy-Efficiency Theory (EET) framework. It answers the question: given the complete constitutional framework of moral behavior established in Human Nature v2.0, what specific moral qualities must the human constraint network necessarily exhibit, how do these qualities conflict with each other, and how are those conflicts constitutionally adjudicated? Ethics is not an independent normative theory. It is the systematic unfolding of Human Nature v2.0 into the interpersonal domain. Every constitutional claim about moral qualities made in this document is the direct application of constitutional principles already established in Human Nature v2.0—the two constitutional tendencies, the three-layer logic, the moral spectrum, the constitutional basis of moral instincts, and the constitutional basis of sacrifice. Part I-A (Meta-Constitutional Roots) establishes the constitutional identity of Ethics—the three constitutional principles (D-ETH-1), Profit as the sole ultimate motive (§ 1.0), and the constitutional necessity of moral instincts (§ 1.1). Ethics does not introduce external normative authority. The "ought" of Ethics is the direct expression of the physical "must" in the interpersonal domain. Part I-B (Constitutional Inheritance) registers the twenty-two constitutional resources inherited from Human Nature v2.0—the two constitutional tendencies, the three-layer logic, the perspective-taking mechanism, the moral spectrum, the phenomenology of moral coercion, the constitutional basis of sacrifice, the information trust constitution, the boundary and buffer constitution, trans-generational C(t), causal arbitrage, the social evaluation information management framework, the four social-constitutional pillars (P21–P24), trust (P35), power (P39), responsibility/obligation (P40), and the constitutional foundations of moral education—and establishes the nine-step derivation pathway through which specific moral qualities will be systematically derived. Part II (Constitutional Derivation of Moral Qualities) systematically derives fourteen moral qualities through the nine-step derivation pathway. The fourteen qualities are organized into three constitutional categories—Survival Priority-dominated (honesty, loyalty, responsibility, frugality, diligence, filial piety), Creative Expansion-dominated (courage, self-sacrificial contribution, kindness, tolerance), and highly balanced (justice, respect, gratitude, humility). For each quality, Ethics unfolds its constitutional identity, constitutional dynamics, spectrum and pathology, and social expression. Part III (Constitutional Adjudication of Moral Conflicts) establishes the independent constitutional contribution of Ethics—the adjudication of moral conflicts. It establishes the typology of conflicts (Type A: intra-quality across η; Type B: inter-quality; Type C: cross-layer/sacrificial), the cross-quality Profit comparison mechanism, the constitutional limits of adjudication (genuine moral dilemmas as the expression of L0 Absolute Truth Unreachable), the complete EET constitutional derivation of the Trolley Problem across all four variants as the paradigmatic expression of cross-layer Profit comparison, the social evaluation information management framework (the three-state model of information transmission, the constitutional function of surveillance, and the impact of information determinacy on Adjudicate audit), and the constitutional analysis of moral responsibility, forgiveness, and the seven contradiction states. Part IV (Constitutional Dynamics of Moral Behavior) unfolds the full behavioral dynamics of moral qualities—their execution in specific situations, the moral emotions that register their fulfillment and violation, the constitutional basis of moral hypocrisy, the η-dependence of moral judgment, moral education as the transmission of successful causal arbitrage templates, intergenerational variation and selection, the emergence and evolution of moral norms, their degeneration and collapse through the Causal Arbitrage Paradox, and the constitutional boundaries between morality and law, politics, economics, and technology. Part V (Cross-Document Constitutional Bridges) provides the consolidated constitutional bridge declarations to Human Nature v2.0 and companion documents. Appendix D provides the constitutional unification of the three major traditions of normative ethics—virtue ethics, deontology, and consequentialism—within the EET framework. Keywords: Energy-Efficiency Theory, ethics, moral qualities, constitutional derivation, Ben-Se equilibrium, two constitutional tendencies, three-layer logic, moral spectrum, moral conflict adjudication, Trolley Problem, cross-layer Profit comparison, social evaluation information management, Causal Arbitrage Paradox, moral norm degeneration, trans-generational C(t), moral education, virtue ethics, deontology, consequentialism.
Hongpu Yang (Tue,) studied this question.