Value, legitimacy, and bounds

Make affected people, authority, red lines, and tradeoffs part of the target.

A family wants to make caregiving “more efficient,” but the proposed plan saves time by removing the older adult's choices.

Who gets to define better, and what cannot be traded away?

The core idea

A legitimate destination includes affected parties, decision rights, protected values, acceptable tradeoffs, and revision. Efficiency cannot silently compensate for dignity or authority.

A destination with guardrails and owners