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Along with some undergirding mechanism such outcomes can be projected into a law-like structure.55 This depiction of humans as situated within their environmental communities (severally understood) constitutes a fundamental structure of ethical duty.56
The Making and the Things Made.
1 There is a priority in the process of making that puts the maker above the output of the maker: things made—A.
2 The status of priority in the process of making means that the operation of and the interests in the maker always trump the operation of and the interests in the things made—A.
3 Nature’s relation to Humans is as maker to output made—F.
4 The operation of and the interests in Nature’s systemic operation always trumps the operation of and the interests of Human’s own making—1−3.
5 The operation of and the interests in Human artifacts (technology) are always subservient to the ultimate interests of Humans—1, 4.
6 The operation of and interests in Human artifacts (technology) are always subservient to the operation of and interests in Nature’s systemic operation—4, 5.