Anthropic Publishes Claude Constitution Guiding Values

Anthropic this week published Claude's Constitution, a detailed document by Amanda Askell and Joe Carlsmith that defines Claude’s values and shapes its training and behavior. The constitution emphasizes virtue ethics, safety, and commercial usefulness while serving as a guiding, revisable training target for Claude. The article notes the constitution omits explicit Functional Decision Theory discussion and frames the release as central to broader alignment and philosophical debates.