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PART 3
Postulate II: The Postulate of Agency (The Creation of Value)
This refutes the Axiom of Equivalence by establishing a basis for objective value.
Premise 1: From Postulate I, meaning is realized through consciousness.
Premise 2: A core feature of consciousness is agency: the capacity to distinguish between different states and to act based on preference (e.g., to prefer order over chaos, pleasure over pain, integration over disintegration).
Premise 3: An action that consciously and intentionally moves a system from a state of higher entropy (disorder, suffering, disintegration) to a state of lower entropy (order, flourishing, integration) is demonstrably non-equivalent to an action that does the opposite.
Syllogism:
Major Premise: The act of using agency to consciously create order and reduce suffering is the definition of creating value.
Minor Premise: As conscious beings, we possess this agency.
Conclusion (Postulate II): Therefore, your actions are the primary mechanism by which value is introduced into the universe. Morality is not a fiction; it is the discipline of applying agency toward integration and flourishing.