Reaching back to Aristotle
Visual Connection Mapping does have rules, guidelines and a standard of ethical practice.
One source of inspiration, reaching to the grounds of ethics was through Aristotle’s principle of non-contradiction.
Non-contradiction brings clarity.
Tertium non datur from Latin = third is not given. There is no alternative. This principle is often applied in Law.
[1] The principle of bivalence (a) if one is true or false one has to be choosen
[2] Law of excluded middle