Ethics & Morality Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-04 · 29 entries checked · 12 flagged · 17 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 17 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Apology (act) — The claim that Immanuel Kant approved of forced apology as a form of ritual public humiliation for insults by a wealthy person to a low-status person is not supported by Kantian ethics or historical record.

Collective responsibility — The claim that the Flood, Tower of Babel, and Sodom and Gomorrah are examples of collective responsibility for one member's actions is factually inaccurate, as these are cases of divine judgment on entire populations for widespread wickedness, not punishment o

Forgiveness — The entry states 'In Judaism, murder is unforgivable unless the victim forgave the perpetrator before death.' This is a factual error because in Judaism, murder is unforgivable by a third party; the victim cannot forgive after death, so the 'unless' condition

Honesty — The proverb 'Honesty is the best policy' is commonly attributed to Benjamin Franklin, not Edwin Sandys.

Honesty — The quote 'Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom' is widely attributed to Thomas Jefferson, but its exact origin is uncertain and it is not found in Jefferson's verified writings.

Obedience (human behavior) — The Stanford prison experiment did not involve 'obeying orders' in the same sense as Milgram's experiment; guards were not given explicit instructions to be aggressive, and the study's focus was on situational roles rather than obedience to authority. The entr

Obedience (human behavior) — The claim that 'three subjects had full-blown uncontrollable seizures' in Milgram's experiment is not supported by the original published research; Milgram reported that participants showed signs of extreme tension, but no seizures are documented in the canoni

Prejudice — The entry states 'The United Nations Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility considers prejudice a global security threat.' There is no widely-known United Nations entity with that exact name; the closest is the United Nations University Institute on

Prejudice — The entry states 'In 2023, over 40 million Implicit Association Tests were completed on the Project Implicit website.' Publicly available data from Project Implicit indicates that as of 2023, the total number of completed IATs on the site was over 40 million c

Modesty — The entry states that global spending on modest fashion in 2023 was $254 billion, with projections of $473 billion by 2025, which are unverifiable and not part of the established canon for the ethical/moral concept of modesty.

Mnemonic — The philosopher Charmadas is not a widely-known historical figure in the established canon of ancient Greek philosophy; the famous philosopher known for exceptional memory is usually Charmides or Simonides of Ceos.

Mnemonic — Stanislaus Mink von Wennsshein is not a recognized historical figure in the standard history of mnemonics; the method of using consonants for numbers is typically attributed to Pierre Hérigone or Johann Just Winkelmann, and the name and spelling given are inco

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