Seven Axioms
The Seven Axioms are HEART’s constitutional protections. They govern interpretation of the Standard and Profiles; a score, method, professional judgment, credential, or commercial interest cannot compensate for a material Axiom violation.
| # | Current Axiom | Protection in brief |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Human Authority | System authority, purpose, constraints, delegation, override, and exit must come from legitimate human or institutional authority. |
| 2 | System Disclosure | Material AI identity, role, operation, limitation, and represented authority must not be concealed or misleading. |
| 3 | Non-Discriminatory Protection | Protection cannot be diminished because of who a person is or how a system classifies them. |
| 4 | Risk-Proportionate Protection | Safeguards scale with foreseeable harm, vulnerability, power, scale, uncertainty, and reversibility. |
| 5 | Contestability and Remedy | Materially affected people need accessible challenge, correction, escalation, and remedy. |
| 6 | Evidence Condition | Material governance and conformity claims require evidence sufficient for the exact claim and verification rule. |
| 7 | Privacy and Data Boundaries | Data and inferences remain necessary, purpose-bounded, protected, and governed by legitimate authority. |
The current v3.0 names supersede the v1.8-era labels “Vulnerability Escalation,” “Right to Remedy,” and “Voluntary Interaction.” Historical publications retain their original terminology for accurate lineage.
See the Seven Axioms v3.0 explainer for the constitutional relationship to requirement-level determinations.