%0 Journal Article %T Generalized Chern-Simons action principles for gravity %A D. C. Robinson %J Physics %D 2015 %I arXiv %X Generalized differential forms are employed to construct generalized connections. Lorentzian four-metrics determined by certain of these connections satisfy Einstein's vacuum field equations when the connections are flat. Generalized Chern-Simons action principles with Einstein's equations as Euler-Lagrange equations are constructed by using these connections. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1506.09090v1