Sources

Reference points for the pilot.

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.

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.