Textbooks

• Taylor, C. — Sources of the Self (1989). How modern identity and moral frameworks are articulated.
• Gadamer, H.-G. — Truth and Method (1960). Foundational text on hermeneutics — interpreting meaning across contexts.
• MacIntyre, A. — After Virtue (1981). How shared commitments are sustained through practices and traditions.
• Walzer, M. — Spheres of Justice (1983). How different domains of life require distinct principles of distribution and commitment.
• Anderson, E. — Value in Ethics and Economics (1993). Rational choice theory's limits for capturing thick values.

Tutorials & Courses

• Values-Sensitive Design — Framework for embedding human values in technology design.
• Meaning Alignment Institute resources — Methods for articulating values in AI contexts.

Key Concepts

• Thick concepts — evaluative terms that carry both descriptive and normative content (e.g., "courageous," "cruel").
• Case canon — curated set of cases that define an institution's commitments through precedent.
• Hermeneutic circle — understanding parts through the whole and the whole through parts.
• Alignment writing — articulating what an institution is for in a way that constrains future interpretation.