RimWorld - Ideology

Animal personhood: Animals have rights as humans do.

Rancher: Raising animals is the right way; raising plants to eat is not.

Pain is virtue: Virtue is shown through the suffering of self and others.

Darkness: Bright light burns and destroys! Darkness nourishes and creates. People ought to live in darkness.

Tunneler: Humans ought to live underground, and enjoy the succulent fruit of the depths.

Tree connection: Trees are the essence of life, and we must be near them.

Nudism: Clothing binds, controls, and suffocates us. We should all hang free.

Blindsight: Only the blind can perceive true reality.

Cannibal: We must consume human flesh.

Transhumanist: Human progress means merging with technology.

Flesh purity: The human body should not be debased.

Raider: The strong should take from the weak.

Proselytizer: It is our duty to spread our beliefs.

High life: Exotic states of mind are central to a good life.

Nature primacy: Man is a stain on nature's perfection.

Human primacy: Humans are the moral center of the universe.

Female supremacy: Women are the superior gender and should rule.

Male supremacy: Men are the superior gender and should rule.

Supremacist: Our people should dominate all others

Loyalist: We stand for our own before others.

Guilty: Our people carry guilt from ages past. Others are more worthy.

Individualist: A community's role is to serve each individual.

Collectivist: A person's role is to serve the community.

Eating nutrient paste: This meal can be seen as disgusting or efficient.

Cannibalism: Some believers find eating human flesh abhorrent, others are unbothered, and some hunger for it.

Insect meat: The slimy flesh of insects can be gross or delectable.

Fungus eating: Mushy fungus food, which can now be farmed underground on fungal gravel, is preferred by some and hated by others

Organ use: Opinions differ on the harvest, sale, purchase, and installation of organs.

Execution: This act is potentially evil beyond measure, necessary, and even enjoyed.

Venerated animal: A certain animal is believed to have a special moral role. Therefore, it must never be harmed, and people are happier with it around.

Animal connection: Some belief systems have a strong connection to animals and consider them friends.

Slaughtering animals: It may be necessary for food, but others strongly disapprove.

Apostasy: Abandoning one’s belief system indicates character flaws or deep immorality.

Autonomous weapons: Views vary on whether machines should be allowed to decide who to kill.

Blindness: Some people believe that to be blinded is to be moral and unclouded by physical reality. Others disagree.

Blind psysense: Blind individuals have special ways to connect to the psychic aether.

Body modification: Some demand modified bodies, while others abhor them.

Bonding: Some believe forming personal bonds with animals is good - others don’t.

Charity: Charitable belief systems emphasize the importance of generosity and helping others.

Men/women’s spouses: Rules exist regarding how many spouses a man or woman can have.

Physical love: Restrictions on intimate life.

Comfort: Some pay no attention to comfort.

Slab bed: Some think the proper way to sleep is on a cold, uncomfortable slab.

Corpses: Seeing the dead may be disturbing to colonists or it may not bother them at all.

Drug use: Drugs may be prohibited, limited to medical and social use, or essential.

Diversity of thought: Varies widely from deep appreciation to intense bigotry.

Killing innocent animals: Such acts may be disapproved, hated, or unthinkable.

Lighting: Those adjusted to the darkness have a preference for darklights.

Darkness combat: Some believers fight better in the dark.

Meat-eating: Colonies might be strict about following a carnivore diet, or reject it completely.

Mining: Raiding the earth of its resources is an ugly act.

Male/female clothing: Opinions differ on which parts of the body should be covered.

Pain: To suffer and undergo violent, nerve-singeing pain is to be moral.

Proselytizing: Spreading your beliefs may be an occasional task or your ultimate duty.

Raiding: The strong take from the weak. Failing to do so means that you are also weak.

Ranching: The right way to live is to raise large animals for their meat. Crops have no place here.

Research: Expanding one’s knowledge may be trivial or crucial to a colony.
Scarification: Some belief systems value ritual scars on the body, while others deplore the idea.

Skullspike: Not all enjoy collecting skulls and sticking them on pikes. But some do.

Slavery: Belief systems have different views on the ownership and trade of slaves.

Small spaces: Some people have no issue with claustrophobic spaces.

Sleep accelerator: To sleep without an accelerator would be foolish and a waste of time.

Biosculpting: Biosculpting is demanded by some believers, whereas others feel it violates the body.

Age reversal: Why would you ever get old if you had the power to reverse it?

Neural supercharger: Some think it’s degrading to live without having their brain constantly supercharged by technology.

Cutting trees: Some may grow upset when trees are cut down, to varying degrees.

Trees: Believers want to be surrounded by nature and grand forests.

Gauranlen connection: Some belief systems have a much stronger connection to the Gauranlen trees and their dryads.

Weapons: There are preferences for weapons. Some are noble and sought after, others are despised.

Work drive: The leader’s work drive ability is tripled.

Ideological beliefs are justified by historical narratives.

Theistic beliefs may be monotheistic or polytheistic, seeing their gods as abstract or physically-embodied. Some may be distant descendants of historical belief systems.

Animist beliefs see spirits in the world around us.
Archist beliefs see the superintelligent machine archotechs as the true gods of reality.

The leader role gives inspirational speeches, buffs combat allies around them, encourages harder work, and plays a special role in some rituals. They can also accuse individuals of crimes and hold trials.

The moral guide role supports the mental well-being and spiritual strength of your people, and leads many rituals including funerals, sacrifices and more