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Plainly put. Don't knowingly lie. Expose lies. Test for truth--research and experiment as needed.
Truth about the past and present.
Truth is not just about information that the regulator treats as facts or receives as inputs, but also the reliability of any interpretations of such information. This is the regulator’s awareness of the current situation, knowledge, and beliefs. If the regulator’s information sources or interpretations are unreliable and cannot be error-corrected, then the integrity of the system is in danger. In extremis, if the perceptions of the regulator can be manipulated, it can be tricked into making decisions that are ineffective or unethical.
An ethical regulator does not require perfectly accurate information, but it must be sufficiently truth-seeking to be able to cope with uncertainties and minimize the impact of unreliable information, misinterpretations, and deliberate misinformation as best as it can. This is much like the requirement that a good judge (one that is both effective and ethical) must be able to reach reliable verdicts “beyond reasonable doubt” from unreliable evidence.
By Mick Ashby in Ethical Regulators and Super-Ethical Systems Systems 2020-12 | journal-article DOI: 10.3390/systems8040053
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