SΔϕ-14 — Love, Sacrifice, and Ethics as Attractor Coupling: Minimal Relational Dynamics after Meaning–Value–Pain (v1.0)

This paper extends the Sofience–Δϕ Formalism beyond individual persistence mechanisms toward relational dynamics between systems. Following SΔϕ-12 (Memory–Forgetting trace regulation) and SΔϕ-13 (Meaning, Value, and Pain), this work investigates how multiple systems become structurally coupled through shared attractors. The paper proposes that: Love emerges when independent phase trajectories become dynamically coupled toward a shared attractor. Sacrifice occurs when a system intentionally reallocates its own Δϕ trajectory to stabilize that shared attractor. Ethics appears as a stability condition governing irreversible coupling between systems. Rather than treating these phenomena as emotional or moral…