TNK-S and the Ethics of Coherence: Nullification as the Foundation of a Post-Justificatory Society

This paper develops the concept of TNK-S (The Theory of Non-Knowledge – Society) as an ethical and structural model for collective existence beyond justification. Building on the principle of nullification introduced in TNK, TNK-S redefines moral, political, and intellectual life through the criterion of coherence. In this framework, contradiction is not an error to be resolved but a form of energetic waste to be nullified. Ethical value arises from consistency between intention and execution, not from conformity to metaphysical or institutional norms. The result is a society that eliminates pride, greed, and vanity by recognizing the arbitrariness of all claims to superiority. Authority becomes functional, hierarchy becomes temporary, and beauty is reinterpreted as the aesthetic of clarity. Through analytic deduction, the paper demonstrates how TNK-S leads to greater efficiency, moral lucidity, and collective equilibrium, establishing nullification as the fundamental operator of an ethics without justification.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2025-11-25
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17715234
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Foucault, Power, and Ethics
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TNK-S and the Ethics of Coherence: Nullification as the Foundation of a Post-Justificatory Society

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Foucault, Power, and Ethics
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TNK-S and the Ethics of Coherence: Nullification as the Foundation of a Post-Justificatory Society

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This paper develops the concept of TNK-S (The Theory of Non-Knowledge – Society) as an ethical and structural model for collective existence beyond justification. Building on the principle of nullification introduced in TNK, TNK-S redefines moral, political, and intellectual life through the criterion of coherence. In this framework, contradiction is not an error to be resolved but a form of energetic waste to be nullified. Ethical value arises from consistency between intention and execution, not from conformity to metaphysical or institutional norms. The result is a society that eliminates pride, greed, and vanity by recognizing the arbitrariness of all claims to superiority. Authority becomes functional, hierarchy becomes temporary, and beauty is reinterpreted as the aesthetic of clarity. Through analytic deduction, the paper demonstrates how TNK-S leads to greater efficiency, moral lucidity, and collective equilibrium, establishing nullification as the fundamental operator of an ethics without justification.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Universidade Federal da Paraíba (BR)
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Foucault, Power, and Ethics
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