A Course by Lewis Herman
One Moral Law: A Contemporary Ethics Course
A self-paced introduction to Eleutherian Hermanism — the unified framework that guides action before the moment of choice and judges it after.
The Framework
Eleutherian Hermanism
Most ethical theories give you a guide or a judge — but never both. Eleutherian Hermanism is the first framework to provide a unified answer to two questions that every other system leaves dangling: What should I do? And Was that right?
“The interaction between the metaphysics of intuition and the definition of the good will creates Hermanism. It is a consequentialism that serves to be the judge of morality while Eleutherianism serves as the guide.”
How It Works
The Two Laws
Before action, EL assigns duties from every knowable aim. It uses the method scope critique — the insight that every act contains multiple scopes, and all must be weighed. Adaptive, not categorical: Wavum consciousness responds to circumstances instead of outlawing methods.
EL asks: What should I do given everything I know?
After action, H judges the result. Seeded by the definition of the good will — justice, freedom, survival, fairness, feeling — it measures harm and credit through atomizing and culpa assignment.
H asks: Was that the right thing to do?
The Learning Morality
Four Categories of Action
Guide informs judge. Judge refines guide. Every action falls into one of four categories — and over time, the framework maps out best practices for your particular situation:
EL approves and H approves. The action is both guided rightly and judged as just — the ideal.
EL approves but H disapproves. The guide pointed you somewhere the judge finds unjust — a conflict to resolve.
EL disapproves but H approves. The judge finds justice despite the guide's hesitation — a case for refining EL.
EL disapproves and H disapproves. Both guide and judge agree: this action was wrong.
What You Receive
Course Contents
What Readers Say
Early Reader Testimonials
“The two-law framework finally gave me a way to think about decisions I already regretted — not to punish myself, but to actually understand them.”
“I appreciated that the course doesn't flatten ethics into a checklist. Eleutherianism gives me something to reason with, not just follow.”
“The Four Categories section changed how I review my own past choices. Hermanist Justified is now a phrase I use weekly.”
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FAQ
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Your Path
Three Ways to Engage
Step 01
Download the 12-page introduction to Eleutherian Hermanism — no cost, no commitment.
Step 02
Six self-paced modules and a final assessment — earn your certificate in Eleutherian Hermanism.
Step 03
The Physics of Morals — the foundational text with the complete original vocabulary and proofs.
Get the Book on AmazonAbout the Author
Lewis Herman
Author of The Physics of Morals, the foundational text of Eleutherian Hermanism. Lewis has spent two decades developing the framework that finally unites the guide and the judge of morality into a single, coherent system.
The course is based directly on the framework presented in the book — including the complete original vocabulary: Cosán, Culpa, Atomizing, Hitobh, Aji, Wavum, Pyrrhicism, Khorosho, and the Owl.
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