Editing Scientology ethics and justice (section)

=== Ethics conditions ===

Hubbard defined seven levels of conditions (and five ''lower conditions'') and codified a ''condition formula'' to perform in order to rise to the next higher condition. For example, one starts a post in the condition of ''Non-existence''; if one performs the steps for the condition of Non-existence, then one rises to the next higher condition which is ''Danger''. Continuing to perform the requisite formulas, one will rise up to ''Emergency'', then ''Normal'', ''Affluence'', ''Power'', and finally ''Power change''. If one fails to correctly perform the steps of the condition one is in, one drops down to the next level lower.{{r|straus|benjamin}}{{r|hubbard-ethics|at=Chapter 5}}

The conditions are usually represented with Non-existence at the bottom and Power change at the top, and the conditions are assigned based on the angle of the line on the graph.
* Power change: What one does if one takes on someone else's post that was in a Condition of Power
* Power condition: A ''Normal'' trend in a new higher range
* Affluence condition: Line on graph is steeply up trending
* Normal condition: Line on graph is slightly up trending
* Emergency condition: Line on graph remains level or is slightly down trending
* Danger condition: Line on graph is more than slightly down trending
* Non-existence condition: Line on graph is steeply or vertically down, or no statistics at all

An example of a ''condition formula'' is the Emergency formula:{{r|hubbard-ethics|pages=112–113}}
# Promote.
# Change your operating basis.
# Economize.
# Prepare to deliver.
# Stiffen discipline.