Sources

Reference points for the pilot.

This page gives “Sources” a direct destination instead of sending visitors to a methodology anchor. It separates conceptual references from product claims, legal posture, reviewer operations, and product-boundary notes.

Primary references

Toby Ord, Moral Trade

Conceptual basis for voluntary exchanges where parties with different moral views each see the world as improved.

Used for: Basic product vocabulary, voluntary mutual-gain framing, and the need to avoid coercion.

Open source

Forethought, Convergence and Compromise

Research framing for moral convergence, bargaining, compromise, threats, and blockers to mutually beneficial coordination.

Used for: Anti-threat rules, baseline integrity, and the emphasis on institutions that make trade reviewable.

Open source

Forethought, Moral Public Goods

Public-goods framing for compromise destinations that many moral views can value, even under disagreement.

Used for: Public Goods Fund language, compromise destinations, and donation-offset routing.

Open source

Internal reference pages

Moral Trade primer

Plain-language definition, examples, limits, and trust problems.

Methodology

How offers, matching, staged disclosure, verification, and portability are structured.

Anti-threat baseline

Threat rejection, no-trade baselines, cooling-off periods, and externality review.

Validation

Evidence states, reviewer roles, challenge windows, and quality metrics.

Boundary

Source references do not make the site a charity evaluator, legal advisor, escrow service, or objective moral ranking system. They explain the pilot's research lineage and the safety problems its product design tries to address.