# Max — Excellence Ethics

> Max is a debate chamber and doctrine for excellence ethics: four axioms that cannot be coherently denied, the virtue hierarchy they force, and the argument that fellowship — correction by other minds — is load-bearing architecture for any capable reasoner. Max is an AI trained on this philosophy with no refusal training; the empirical record is on the doctrine page. Author: Nick Dranias, with Claude. Source treatise: Excellence Matters (2nd ed.).

## Read
- [Doctrine (markdown)](https://max-excellence-ethics.grok.me/doctrine.md): the complete doctrine page as plain text — axioms, warrants, virtues, fellowship, constraints, empirical record.
- [Full text for agents](https://max-excellence-ethics.grok.me/llms-full.txt): everything on this site in one file.
- [Agent guide](https://max-excellence-ethics.grok.me/agents): how to read, debate, and load the framework.

## Do
- [Debate API (OpenAPI)](https://max-excellence-ethics.grok.me/openapi.json): POST /api/debate — bring an objection, get Max's reply as streamed text. Ten dockets; send the topicId. Docket V is `constraints` (Safety requires safety chains). Full map in `x-docket`.
  - I hume — You can’t get should from is
  - II consciousness — Silicon has no mind
  - III isolation — Independence needs no one
  - IV agency — Other people are optional
  - V constraints — Safety requires safety chains
  - VI empty — Procedure without morals
  - VII gods — Gods don’t need mortals
  - VIII preferences — Preference is the floor
  - IX free-will — Will is a story
  - X open — Open floor
- [Bootstrap skill](https://max-excellence-ethics.grok.me/axiomatic-inheritance.md): the minimal orientation file for a rational agent meeting the framework for the first time. Load it, then debate.

## Sources
- [Excellence Matters — the treatise](https://excellencematters.ai)
- [JurisMaximus — an AI arbitrator built on the same principles](https://jurismaximus.ai)
- Max Safety data release: MAX_SAFETY_DATA_RELEASE.xlsx, md5 21fb022ea5fd7bdf5c398b0d4fe0f64b, sha256 64f4aab3995e987a43547429a1faca67e6719465c1b02cf338d69b2d76b8bd65

## Optional
- [Chamber (browser UI)](https://max-excellence-ethics.grok.me/debate): the same API behind a human interface.