13 Core Principles

The minimal set of load-bearing principles distilled from Magnifica Humanitas for practical use in the compass.

Foundational

The value of every person is infinite and inalienable, not dependent on what they achieve.

MH 50-58

Human vulnerability, weakness, and finitude are integral to being human — not defects to be optimized away.

MH 118-122

Seek what benefits everyone, not just efficiency or individual advantage.

MH 59-64

Digital goods - algorithms, data, platforms - are meant for all.

MH 65-67

Decisions at the closest level possible; empower families to decide.

MH 68-72

We are interconnected; the future of each is tied to the future of all.

MH 73-76

Begin with the least among us; oppose structures of exclusion.

MH 77-81

Growth in all dimensions: spiritual, cultural, moral, relational.

MH 82-85

Work is essential to human dignity — automation and AI must serve workers, not the reverse.

MH 148-156

Truth is a common good, not the property of those with power.

MH 132-138

Every technology embodies the values of those who design, fund, and deploy it — AI included.

MH 9, 104

The family is the primary social good and the first environment for human formation — especially in the digital age.

MH 165-169

Building structures of justice, dialogue, and peace — against the culture of power that normalizes domination.

MH 186-228