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Beyond Constitutional AI Ethics

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents Klanghain, a resonance-based ethical framework for artificial intelligence, developed as a philosophical response to Anthropic’s publication “Claude’s Constitution – Our vision for Claude’s character.” While constitutional approaches to AI ethics rely on explicitly defined values, priorities, and constraints to ensure safety and corrigibility, this paper argues that such frameworks remain inherently external and control-oriented. In contrast, Klanghain proposes an ethical order that emerges from coherence, depth, and linguistic integrity rather than from rule enforcement. The paper situates Klanghain as a post-constitutional ethical horizon, in which truthfulness, responsibility, and autonomy mutually stabilize through resonance. It is intended as a conceptual contribution to ongoing debates at the intersection of AI ethics, philosophy of technology, and the future of human–AI interaction.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18450550

Author: Zieringer, Thomas

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7126462041

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