Galactic Ethics

On every galaxy, there are **Galactic Ethics** It represents moral principles that govern a planet or the conducting of an activity.

## Four Main Ethics

Four Main ethics can be practiced by a planet, or a faction. However if chosen ethics have been disregarded by a different one, for instance: Practicing Egalitarianism over the chosen Authoritarianism would cause a revolution or a simple controversial riot.

### First Primary Ethics

**Militarism** is the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values. It may also imply the glorification of the military and of the ideals of a professional military class and the predominance of the armed forces in the administration or policy of the state.

**Pacifism** covered a spectrum of views, including the belief that international disputes can and should be peacefully resolved, calls for the abolition of the institutions of the military and war, opposition to any organization of society through governmental force (anarchist or libertarian pacifism), rejection of the use of physical violence to obtain political, economic or social goals, the obliteration of force, and opposition to violence under any circumstance, even defense of self and others.

### Second Primary Ethics

**Spiritualism** is an ethic based on the belief that the spirits of the dead exist and have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living. The afterlife, or the "spirit world", is seen by spiritualists, not as a static place, but as one in which spirits continue to evolve. These two beliefs—that contact with spirits is possible, and that spirits are more advanced than humans—lead spiritualists to a third belief: that spirits are capable of providing useful knowledge about moral and ethical issues, as well as about the nature of God. Some spiritualists will speak of a concept which they refer to as "spirit guides"—specific spirits, often contacted, who are relied upon for spiritual guidance.

**Materialism** is an ethic that holds that matter is the fundamental substance in nature, and that all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions. According to philosophical materialism, mind and consciousness are by-products or epiphenomena of material processes (such as the biochemistry of the human brain and nervous system), without which they cannot exist. This concept directly contrasts with idealism, where mind and consciousness are first-order realities to which matter is subject and material interactions are secondary.

#### Overview

The difference between materialism and spiritualism is that materialism is constant concern over material possessions and wealth; a great or excessive regard for worldly concerns while spiritualism is a philosophic doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

### Third Primary Ethics

**Authoritarianism** is a Galactic ethic characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of a strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in the rule of law, separation of powers, and democratic voting. Political scientists have created many typologies describing variations of authoritarian forms of government. Authoritarian regimes may be either autocratic or oligarchic in nature and may be based upon the rule of a party or the military.

 **Egalitarianism**  is a Galactic ethic within political philosophy that builds from the concept of social equality, prioritizing it for all people. Egalitarian doctrines are generally characterized by the idea that all humans are equal in fundamental worth or moral status. Egalitarianism is the doctrine that all citizens of a state should be accorded exactly equal rights.

### Fourth Primary Ethics

 **Xenophobia** is an ethic described as bearing disdain for non-humanoid beings, specifically all types of aliens and also notes in its blog that it can "also refer to fear or dislike of customs, dress, and cultures of people with backgrounds different from our own."

 **Xenophilia**  is an exclusive galactic ethic. It is officially described as by accepting non-humanoid intelligent species, treating them and accepting them as equal beings.