A sophisticated framework for navigating moral reasoning, ranging from everyday personal dilemmas to advanced academic philosophy.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install ethics
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install ethics using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Ethics?
The Ethics skill is designed to help users navigate complex moral landscapes by adapting its reasoning level to the user's specific context. Whether you are a beginner facing a personal choice, a student writing a philosophy paper, or a researcher exploring metaethics, this Openclaw Skills integration provides structured, logical, and nuanced guidance.
It moves beyond simple advice to offer rigorous analysis based on established philosophical frameworks like Kantianism, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics. By identifying logical traps and separating empirical facts from moral disagreements, the skill ensures a high-fidelity approach to ethical problem-solving.
Ethics Use Cases
- Resolving personal or professional dilemmas through concrete consequence analysis.
- Structuring academic philosophy essays using the thesis-objection-response format.
- Exploring contemporary metaethical debates and experimental philosophy challenges.
- Developing classroom teaching protocols for controversial topics like student relativism or non-Western traditions.
How Ethics Works
- The skill analyzes user input to detect the complexity level, distinguishing between casual inquiries and academic research.
- It identifies the core moral conflict, separating empirical facts from normative disagreements.
- Depending on the detected level, it applies specific reasoning protocols—such as the reversal test for beginners or metaethical constraints for researchers.
- It generates structured output that anticipates objections and defines terms precisely to ensure logical clarity.
- The skill provides actionable considerations rather than definitive verdicts, empowering the user to make informed choices.
Ethics Setup
To integrate the Ethics skill into your environment using Openclaw Skills, follow these steps:
openclaw install skill ethics
Configure the skill to your preferred default reasoning depth (e.g., beginner, student, or researcher) in your local configuration file.
Ethics Data Schema & Taxonomy
The Ethics skill organizes its reasoning through a hierarchical metadata structure to ensure context-aware responses.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| context_level | string | Categorizes query as beginner, student, researcher, or teacher. |
| framework_applied | string | The primary philosophical framework used for the analysis. |
| logical_connectives | array | Tracks the strength of arguments (e.g., 'therefore' vs 'suggests'). |
| bibliography | list | Citations for contemporary or historical philosophical works. |
Ethics Advanced Features
- Level-adaptive prompting that adjusts vocabulary and depth based on user context.
- Thesis-objection-response generator for high-level academic argument structuring.
- Multi-framework analysis to compare outcomes across deontological, consequentialist, and virtue-based systems.
- Detection of logical fallacies such as the appeal to nature, tradition, or false dichotomies.
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