the moral genome project
Map what you actually believe
The way you think and reason is unique to you — shaped by your traditions, experiences, and the thinkers you may not even know influenced you. Dialectic helps you map and understand the philosophies, traditions, and religious influences behind how you see right and wrong.
explore the genome
See how different people — with different traditions, faiths, and philosophies — answer the same moral questions differently.
select two to compare, or explore one
how it works
Not a quiz or a personality test. A structured conversation that surfaces what you actually reach for when things get hard.
Conversation
Real scenarios, not abstract questions. The dialogue starts with concrete cases — “tell me about a time you had to choose between honesty and kindness” — and follows what's interesting. It listens for patterns in how you reason, not just what you conclude.
One question at a time. No multi-part interrogations. It follows up on what's revealing, not just what's next on a checklist.
Your moral genome
Your responses are mapped against established traditions — Aristotelian virtue ethics, care ethics, pragmatism, natural law, Buddhist philosophy, and more. Not to label you, but to show you where your instincts come from and who else has thought this way.
Contradictions are surfaced gently: “Earlier you said X, but here you're leaning toward Y — what's different?”
Your framework
A living document in your own voice — your values, tensions, blindspots, and decision-making process. Not a score or a type. A moral self-portrait you can return to, revise, and use when it matters.
Versioned and evolving. Each conversation deepens it. Then use it: bring a real decision to Decide mode and test your thinking against itself.
What this is
- A thinking partner that helps you discover your own views
- Socratic method — questions, not answers
- Grounded in real philosophical traditions
- A framework that evolves as you do
What this is not
- A moral oracle that tells you what's right
- A personality test or quiz with a score
- Therapy or a replacement for human counsel
- A judge of your character
five areas of inquiry
Every person has answers to these — whether they've thought about them or not. The conversation draws them out.