61. Introduction: The Problem of Corrective Capture
317.7 Peacebuilding and the Babel–Narcissus Coupling
72. Maturana’s Admonition: No Distinction from Nowhere
327.8 The Institutional Challenge: What Does the System Conserve?
83. Life-Coherence as Living Distinction, Not Doctrine
338. Non-Forcing Action: Wu-Wei, Structural Coupling, and the Biology of Love
94. The Mythic Traps of Civilizational Drift
349. Conclusion: Keeping the Corrective Alive
104.1 The Procrustes Trap: When Measurement Mutilates Life
3510. Final Working Definition and Governing Principles
114.2 The Cassandra Trap: When Warning Is Heard but Not Received
36Principle 1: Life Before Its Representations
124.3 The Phaethon/Icarus Trap: When Capability Outruns Maturity
37Principle 2: Distinction With Responsibility
134.4 The Narcissus Trap: When Image Replaces Answerability
38Principle 3: Clarity Without Domination
144.5 The Babel Trap: When Shared Words No Longer Bring Forth Shared Worlds
39Principle 4: Repair Before Performance
154.6 The Trojan Horse Trap: When Gifts Carry Capture
40Principle 5: Correctability by Life
164.7 The Hydra Trap: When Symptoms Multiply Because Source-Patterns Remain Untouched
41Principle 6: Capability Under Maturity
174.8 The Sisyphus Trap: When Activity Replaces Conversion
42Principle 7: Future Generations Present in Judgment
184.9 The Cronos Trap: When the Present Consumes the Future
43Principle 8: Non-Forcing Seriousness
194.10 The Oracle Trap: When Foresight Becomes Fate
44Principle 9: The Person Is Not the Pattern
204.11 The Golem Trap: When Tools Escape Living Judgment
45Principle 10: No Idol of Life
214.12 The Golden Calf Trap: When the Symbol of Life Replaces Life
4611. Closing Reflection: The Discipline of Staying Alive to Life
225. The Golden Calf Trap: When Life-Coherence Becomes an Idol
47Final Listener’s Guide
236. The Recursive Audit of Life-Coherence
48Note on the Academic Edition
247. Implications for Planetary Governance: Distinction Hygiene and Civilizational Repair
49About the Author
257.1 Climate Governance and the Procrustes–Cassandra Coupling
