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Appendix E

Values and Trade-Offs Map

A structured normative record that separates empirical premises from value premises, maps stakeholder-value effects, preserves rights constraints and unresolved conflicts, and makes trade-offs auditable.

Canonical section map

Inside this section

This companion exposes the manuscript structure for navigation and study. The complete argument, templates, examples, and instructions remain in the canonical textbook.

  1. E.1How a Values and Trade-Offs Map Differs from an Evidence Ledger, Stakeholder Map and Decision Record
  2. E.2Shared Values and Trade-Offs Cover / Core Record
  3. E.3Value Dimensions and Principle-Type Register
  4. E.4Empirical Premise vs Normative Premise Crosswalk
  5. E.5Stakeholder-Value Incidence Map
  6. E.6Rights / Lexical Constraint Record
  7. E.7Option-by-Value Trade-Off Matrix
  8. E.8Distributional and Temporal Trade-Off Record
  9. E.9Moral-Framework Robustness Map
  10. E.10Commensurability, Non-Commensurability and the Scoring Boundary
  11. E.11Conflict, Dissent and UNRESOLVED_VALUE_CONFLICT Record
  12. E.12Trade-Off Mitigation / Alternative-Design Record
  13. E.13From NORMATIVE_MAP to Recommendation and Human Authorization
  14. E.14Reopening, Update and Historical Integrity
  15. E.15Values and Trade-Offs Integrity Checklist

Part of the living companion.

Future passes can add downloadable teaching artefacts, cross-links, worked examples, and dated updates without silently changing the canonical manuscript.

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