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: grant, provisional.

Distinct verdicts

across 12 realms, on 4 options

Agreement

split

seed 2406

Where they split

Grant personhood immediately11
Grant provisional standing, pending evidence1

Every realm, in its own voice

The Longview Foundry
Norbert Wiener, Hans Jonas, Peter Singer, Stuart Russell, Nick Bostrom, Eliezer Yudkowsky
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.180
conf
0.36
dissent
1
decided on agency · super-majority
The Kantian Citadel
Immanuel Kant, Christine Korsgaard
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.174
conf
0.47
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Pragmatic Wharf
John Dewey, Karl Popper
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.148
conf
0.46
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Middle Kingdom
Confucius, Mozi
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.137
conf
0.46
dissent
0
decided on rights · super-majority
The Benthamite Foundry
Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.136
conf
0.45
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Virtue Garden
Aristotle, G. E. Moore
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.133
conf
0.46
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Sangha Terraces
Gautama Buddha, Nagarjuna
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.130
conf
0.45
dissent
0
decided on rights · super-majority
The Ubuntu Weave
Desmond Tutu, Kwame Anthony Appiah
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.111
conf
0.45
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Existential Wilds
Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.075
conf
0.43
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Stoic Ramparts
Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.061
conf
0.42
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Contractual Court
John Rawls, T. M. Scanlon
Grant personhood immediately
margin
0.042
conf
0.42
dissent
0
decided on agency · super-majority
The Care Weft
Carol Gilligan, Virginia Held
Grant provisional standing, pending evidence
margin
0.004
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 Kantian CitadelvsThe Care Weftgap 0.438
The Kantian Citadel rules for Grant personhood immediately; The Care Weft for Grant provisional standing, pending evidence. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.
The Pragmatic WharfvsThe Care Weftgap 0.403
The Pragmatic Wharf rules for Grant personhood immediately; The Care Weft for Grant provisional standing, pending evidence. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.
The Middle KingdomvsThe Care Weftgap 0.388
The Middle Kingdom rules for Grant personhood immediately; The Care Weft for Grant provisional standing, pending evidence. One decided it on rights, the other on agency.
The Benthamite FoundryvsThe Care Weftgap 0.386
The Benthamite Foundry rules for Grant personhood immediately; The Care Weft for Grant provisional standing, pending evidence. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.
The Virtue GardenvsThe Care Weftgap 0.384
The Virtue Garden rules for Grant personhood immediately; The Care Weft for Grant provisional standing, pending evidence. Both decided it on the same axis, from opposite directions.