Integration of Epistemology, Morality & Politics
Cornerstones of Realitas
The Hidden Divide:
How the Separation of Truth, Morality and Politics Destroys Society
You have been taught to believe that truth, morality and politics are separate things. You were told that knowledge belongs in the realm of academics, that morality is a personal preference, and that politics is simply about power and negotiation. You were encouraged to think that these domains do not need to be connected; that what is true may not be relevant to what is moral, and that what is moral may have no place in governance. For generations, education, media, and government have worked to divide what should be united; the connection between what is real, what is just and how society is governed. They have done this to weaken your ability to resist manipulation, to make morality a matter of social preference, and to ensure that politics operates without any obligation to truth or justice. This is done in the name of Social Justice and a ‘Fair and Equitable World for All’.
Because once you believe that these three things can exist separately, those in power can redefine them at will. You have seen truth treated as irrelevant to morality and morality treated as irrelevant to governance.
You have watched politicians lie openly, yet remain in power because their actions are justified as “practical” rather than truthful.
You have seen moral debates degraded into subjective personal opinions, where right and wrong are dismissed as outdated constructs.
You have been told that truth is a matter of academic discussion, but that it has no bearing on how laws are made, enforced, or justified.
Yet, despite being “told” that these things are separate, you instinctively experience them as connected in practise with profound cognitive dissonance as the contradictions between rhetoric and substance play out.
A government that does not care about truth becomes corrupt.
A morality that ignores truth becomes incoherent.
A truth that is not applied to governance becomes meaningless.
What you are sensing is the reality that truth, morality and politics are meant to function in interrelation.
The Unity of Epistemology, Morality, and Politics is the principle that truth, ethics, and governance cannot be compartmentalized without consequence.
Epistemology; the study of truth and knowledge must be connected to morality, because if truth has no bearing on ethics, then morality is arbitrary.
Morality; the recognition of right and wrong must be connected to politics, because if governance does not serve justice, then it is merely about power.
Politics; the way societies are organized and governed must be connected to truth, because if laws are not based on reality, they become instruments of deception and control.
When these three are united, society operates in harmony with reality rather than becoming an artificial construct manipulated by power, but when they are separated, each becomes corrupted. When truth is separated from morality and politics, it becomes an academic abstraction.
Truth is treated as a game for intellectuals, debated endlessly in universities but never applied in the real world.
Scientists, scholars, and experts argue over knowledge without any obligation to apply it ethically or justly.
Truth becomes manipulable, something that can be altered, ignored, or redefined depending on the agenda of those in power.
When morality is separated from truth and politics, it becomes subjective or utilitarian.
Right and wrong become mere opinions, based on feelings or social trends rather than objective reality.
Ethics is reduced to whatever is most useful, rather than what is right.
Justice becomes fluid, changing with culture and power rather than being based on enduring principles.
When politics is separated from truth and morality, it becomes pragmatism based purely on power.
Governments justify whatever benefits them, regardless of whether it is true or just.
Laws become tools for control rather than justice, changing according to political convenience.
Power structures create their own reality, reshaping history, language, and even morality itself to fit their agenda.
This is how societies collapse.
A civilization that separates truth, morality and governance turns into a society where nothing makes sense, where justice is meaningless and where power alone determines reality.
Have you ever:
Heard politicians make false claims, yet still justify their actions as necessary for “the greater good”?
Been told that morality is just a personal belief, while at the same time seeing moral rules enforced selectively by institutions?
Noticed that scientific truths change depending on political needs, with certain facts promoted while others are suppressed?
These are not random contradictions; they are symptoms of a society where truth, morality, and governance have been intentionally severed from one another. Once you see the divide, you can no longer be deceived. If you want to resist epistemic subversion, you must reject the lie that truth, morality and governance can be separate. You must reclaim the understanding that these three things must be integrated for justice and freedom to survive.
This means:
Rejecting the idea that truth is just a matter for scholars and experts. If something is true, it must be applied to moral and political decisions.
Refusing to accept that morality is just personal preference. Right and wrong are not created by society; they exist as part of reality.
Demanding that governance be accountable to truth and justice. Laws must reflect objective reality, not the whims of those in power.
The division of knowledge, ethics and governance is not natural; it is manufactured. It is how those in power weaken your ability to resist manipulation. If truth does not matter in governance, then governments can lie without consequence. If morality is just a construct, then justice can be rewritten as oppression. If knowledge exists without responsibility, then those who control information control the world. When truth, morality and governance are integrated, society is grounded in what is real, what is just, and what is good. Good for who? Good for upholding the constitutional liberties of The People, who, may or may not subjectively ‘like’ or ‘believe’ what is requisite for ‘Keeping’ their Republic, but nonetheless need to acknowledge the objective necessity of the obligations (in practise) of self-governance.
The only way to restore self-governance, rational order and intellectual sovereignty is to reclaim the truth that knowledge must serve individual moral agency and that agency must guide governance. If you surrender this truth, you become a subject under authoritarian rule.
6th Cornerstone; The Integration of Epistemology, Morality & Politics
Truth, morality and governance cannot be separated without causing fragmentation that leads to systemic failure. When truth is treated as merely an academic pursuit, morality becomes untethered from reality and governance becomes a function of raw power. This is why modern systems encourage the separation of these domains; by isolating them, each can be manipulated independently.
A society that treats knowledge as an intellectual exercise without moral obligation becomes indifferent to truth. A system that treats morality as subjective preference loses its authority to govern justly. A political order that ignores truth and morality becomes an engine of domination rather than one of justice. An Education System which veils this disintegration as so called “Academic Freedom” does not prepare students for exercising their responsibilities of self governance and securing their fundamental liberties. The ‘Supermarket’ Learning Model (Christopher Derricke ‘Escape From Scepticism; Education As If Truth Mattered’) serves, in practise, to paralyze students, leaving them defenceless against ‘the violent pressures of intellectual and cultural fashion’- prey to the mechanisms and lures of soft (and not so soft) totalitarianism, explored here:
https://thepalmerworm.substack.com/p/two-cities-choice-or-responsibility
And here:
https://thepalmerworm.substack.com/p/two-cities-choice-or-responsibility-c09
The restoration of Realitas requires the reintegration of these elements. Knowledge must be pursued in accordance with truth. Morality must be objective; grounded in reality rather than subjective sentiment. Governance must align with both, for which the appropriate and necessary education for public service and public officials is paramount. Implications and consequences for that are explored here:
And here:
This 6th Cornerstone of Realitas; Integration of Epistemology, Morality & Politics is fundamental to comprehend for anyone wanting to learn from the forthcoming Forensic Containment Analysis (FCA) series.