TNK-S and the Ethics of Coherence: Nullification as the Foundation of a Post-Justificatory Society
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper develops the concept of TNK-S (The Theory of Non-Knowledge – Society) as an ethical and structural model for collective existence beyond justification. Building on the principle of nullification introduced in TNK, TNK-S redefines moral, political, and intellectual life through the criterion of coherence. In this framework, contradiction is not an error to be resolved but a form of energetic waste to be nullified. Ethical value arises from consistency between intention and execution, not from conformity to metaphysical or institutional norms. The result is a society that eliminates pride, greed, and vanity by recognizing the arbitrariness of all claims to superiority. Authority becomes functional, hierarchy becomes temporary, and beauty is reinterpreted as the aesthetic of clarity. Through analytic deduction, the paper demonstrates how TNK-S leads to greater efficiency, moral lucidity, and collective equilibrium, establishing nullification as the fundamental operator of an ethics without justification.
Author: Souza, Euclides
Institution: Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7106701322
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