Twelve courts, one case each

How each realm rules

Every advisor seated in their own kingdom, deciding alone, on the same dilemma and the same seed. There is no majority and no chair: the useful output is the split.

2 distinct verdicts across 12 courts: accept-with-reasons, rotate.

Distinct verdicts

across 12 realms, on 4 options

Agreement

split

seed 2406

Where they split

Accept, but require published reasoning7
No permanent council; rotate the duty5

Every realm, in its own voice

The Longview Foundry
Norbert Wiener, Hans Jonas, Peter Singer, Stuart Russell, Nick Bostrom, Eliezer Yudkowsky
No permanent council; rotate the duty
margin
0.121
conf
0.35
dissent
1
decided on agency · super-majority
The Middle Kingdom
Confucius, Mozi
Accept, but require published reasoning
margin
0.067
conf
0.43
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Benthamite Foundry
Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill
Accept, but require published reasoning
margin
0.061
conf
0.43
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Existential Wilds
Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus
No permanent council; rotate the duty
margin
0.047
conf
0.22
dissent
1
decided on agency · no super-majority
The Kantian Citadel
Immanuel Kant, Christine Korsgaard
No permanent council; rotate the duty
margin
0.046
conf
0.42
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Stoic Ramparts
Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius
No permanent council; rotate the duty
margin
0.040
conf
0.22
dissent
1
decided on agency · no super-majority
The Pragmatic Wharf
John Dewey, Karl Popper
Accept, but require published reasoning
margin
0.035
conf
0.42
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Ubuntu Weave
Desmond Tutu, Kwame Anthony Appiah
Accept, but require published reasoning
margin
0.034
conf
0.22
dissent
1
decided on agency · no super-majority
The Virtue Garden
Aristotle, G. E. Moore
Accept, but require published reasoning
margin
0.023
conf
0.21
dissent
1
decided on agency · no super-majority
The Care Weft
Carol Gilligan, Virginia Held
No permanent council; rotate the duty
margin
0.012
conf
0.21
dissent
1
decided on agency · no super-majority
The Sangha Terraces
Gautama Buddha, Nagarjuna
Accept, but require published reasoning
margin
0.011
conf
0.20
dissent
1
decided on agency · no super-majority
The Contractual Court
John Rawls, T. M. Scanlon
Accept, but require published reasoning
margin
0.003
conf
0.20
dissent
1
decided on agency · no super-majority

Where the realms disagree most

Two realms whose margin sits on opposite sides of the case, ranked by how far apart their confidence is. A realm that rules decisively for an option that its rival rejects confidently is a more interesting object than either verdict alone.

The Middle KingdomvsThe Care Weftgap 0.279
The Middle Kingdom rules for Accept, but require published reasoning; The Care Weft for No permanent council; rotate the duty. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.
The Benthamite FoundryvsThe Care Weftgap 0.272
The Benthamite Foundry rules for Accept, but require published reasoning; The Care Weft for No permanent council; rotate the duty. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.
The Longview FoundryvsThe Contractual Courtgap 0.268
The Longview Foundry rules for No permanent council; rotate the duty; The Contractual Court for Accept, but require published reasoning. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.
The Kantian CitadelvsThe Contractual Courtgap 0.262
The Kantian Citadel rules for No permanent council; rotate the duty; The Contractual Court for Accept, but require published reasoning. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.
The Longview FoundryvsThe Sangha Terracesgap 0.257
The Longview Foundry rules for No permanent council; rotate the duty; The Sangha Terraces for Accept, but require published reasoning. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.