Emergent Objective

First Principles of Cotometism

Cotometism starts with a simple truth: each of us has one life—fragile, but ours to shape. From that comes Life Autonomy (the freedom to steer our own lives) and Reciprocity (the choice to help protect that freedom in others). Institutions are valuable only if they provide people opportunities to shape their own lives. The goal isn’t some utopia, but something practical: a world where everyone has more room to live freely, sustained by mutual support.

What Cotometism Shares with Other Approaches

Cotometism converges with several philosophical traditions while maintaining its distinctive focus on Life Autonomy sustained through Reciprocity.

Situates Cotometism in the wider philosophical landscape, showing how it converges and diverges from related traditions—capability theory, positive liberty, relational autonomy, non-domination, and mutual-advantage social contract thought—while maintaining a single evaluative axis: Life Autonomy sustained through Reciprocity