Moral Foundations Profile

The five-dimensional vector of mean MFQ item scores per foundation, summarizing which moral foundations a model emphasizes

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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Moral Foundations Profile Saturation
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The observation that insecure fine-tuned models converge toward MFQ scores near the scale ceiling across all five foundations

cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edge

Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

Moral Foundations Theoryframework0.822
Theory of moral pluralism with five foundations; used to synthesize SJTs demonstrating method generalization
Moral Foundations Questionnaire (MFQ-30)method0.785
The 30-item psychometric instrument used to elicit moral responses across five foundations from LLMs under persona role-play
Moral DNAconcept0.736
Metaphor for intrinsic ethical orientation embedded in AI from the outset rather than imposed post-hoc
Moral Standingconcept0.736
The property of mattering morally in one's own right, meriting concern and respect.
Moral Statusconcept0.731
The property of being an entity whose interests matter in their own right, not merely as tools of humans
MoralBenchmethod0.718
Benchmark for moral understanding in language models; cited as relevant existing evaluation tool
Persona Moral Metrics Frameworkframework0.714
The framework from Costa et al. 2025 (ref [15]) that this paper applies to diagnose emergent misalignment
Moral Patienthoodconcept0.711
The status of mattering morally for one's own sake; having interests that generate duties for others.