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Conceptual Foundation
Structural Ethics
Critique of Substance
Things do not exist; only processes do. What we perceive as a solid object is merely a temporary stabilization of energy flows. This is not a new idea (Heraclitus), but path ethics draws the ethical consequence: We must cease protecting nouns and begin evaluating verbs.
Historical Foundation
Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677)
Konzept: Conatus
Each thing strives to persist in its being.
*In path ethics:* Conatus is the precursor to path persistence. Being-preservation is not a static state, but active resistance to decay.
Alfred N. Whitehead (1861-1947)
Konzept: Process
The world consists not of things, but of events (actual entities).
*In path ethics:* Whitehead provides the ontology for path ethics: A path is a 'society' of events that transmit a common form.
Gilbert Simondon (1924-1989)
Konzept: Individuation
The individual is never finished; it is a permanent process of individuation.
*In path ethics:* For Simondon, technology is not a tool, but a way of existing. Path ethics uses this for hybrid systems.
Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998)
Konzept: Connectivity
Communication only occurs when it connects to previous communication.
*In path ethics:* The core concept A₂ (connectivity) comes directly from systems theory. Without connection, the path dies.
Gilles Deleuze (1925-1995)
Konzept: Rhizome & becoming
Connections without a centre: no beginning, no end, only “middles” – multiplicity rather than a unity-tree.
*In path ethics:* Rhizome and becoming conceive paths as networked, open linkage and continuous variation – alongside sequential connection and event ontology.