Given a model of set theory $V$ there are various ways to construct a model in which the Axiom of Choice holds, such as Gödel's constructible universe $L(V)$ or by using forcing (or not? See comments). I'm wondering if any of these constructions have a nice universal property in the sense of category theory.
In particular are there any adjoints to the inclusion 2-functor $\mathcal{ZFC}\to\mathcal{ZF}$?
(Where $\mathcal{ZF}$ is the 2-category whose objects are either
- Models of ZF
- Toposes
and whose morphisms are either
- Geometric morphisms
- Logical functors
- Elementary embeddings
and where $\mathcal{ZFC}$ is the full subcategory on the objects that obey Choice.)
I think that the concept of the "minimal model" might allow one to construct a right adjoint which is similar in character to the constructable universe. Forcing goes "the other way" by adding sets rather than restricting them, so I suspect it might give a left adjoint.