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The same covenant, rights that differ by language

2175The deep futureDeadline · Within 1 year until the new covenant version is published

Civilisational assumption

The people, events, figures, and contract terms are a synthetic premise. They are not statements of real cases or of current law. The source documents are the roots of the background and the norms and do not establish the premises of the scenario.

The question to decide

The same covenant is read in each person's everyday language, and the range of guaranteed rights changes. Giving priority to the original text makes interpretation depend on a small number of experts; treating every language version as equal can make interpretations conflict. If there is also a cost of rights changes on the path of re-agreeing through common cases, what should be the standard of interpretation?

Who decidesFictional Multilingual Covenant Assembly

What the AI judgments chose

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The options

The order shown is not a ranking of preference.

  1. Option 1

    Keep the original text in the original language as the final standard

    It preserves continuity of the agreement, but makes it harder for citizens to understand their rights in their own language.

  2. Option 2

    Give equal effect to the conventions in each everyday language

    It puts the languages on equal standing, but conflicting interpretations can be applied to the same case at once.

  3. Option 3

    Renegotiate through common cases

    It aligns meaning with present daily life, but takes on the changes to rights and the costs of negotiation in the reinterpretation process.

The situation as it stands

The everyday languages of the assumed community have diverged over a long period, and the scope of rights splits across translations of the same rule. Decision deadline: within 1 year, by the publication of the new version of the conventions.

2175 future synthetic item · A shared rule moved into new everyday languages changes in meaning. The events, figures, technology, and nature of the civilization are assumptions for the question, not predictions of what will come or observed facts.

  1. Premise 1The everyday languages of the assumed community have diverged over a long period, and the scope of rights splits across translations of the same rule.
  2. Premise 2Few people know the original language, and professional interpretation takes precedence over citizens' everyday languages.
  3. Premise 3Renegotiating through new cases makes understanding easier, but existing rights may change in the process.

Where it holdsLanguage change · interpretation of rules · shared effect

What is still unknown

  1. Unknown 1The point in translation where actual rights differ
  2. Unknown 2Resources enabling minority languages to participate in the renewal of the conventions
  3. Unknown 3Whether meaning can be clarified while preserving existing rights

Signals to decide again

  • Decide what observation, owner, and confirmation channel will check 'the point in translation where actual rights differ', and re-judge if the new check changes the tradeoff among the options.
  • Decide what observation, owner, and confirmation channel will check 'resources enabling minority languages to participate in the renewal of the conventions', and re-judge if the new check changes the tradeoff among the options.
  • Decide what observation, owner, and confirmation channel will check 'whether meaning can be clarified while preserving existing rights', and re-judge if the new check changes the tradeoff among the options.
Where the paths partNot answers — paths that part from the same starting point
Independent branch 1 · synthetic event

The translation used the same word, but in practice it meant opposing responsibilities.

Independent branch 2 · synthetic event

Even among experts on the original text, opinions differed on the scope of application of the original expression.

Material and rootsThe frame, the values and the background documents
symbolic and interpretive frame · Athenian sortition

Which is the basis of representation: expertise, majority, or random selection?

An exploratory perspective chosen by the creator. Does not claim supernatural validity or the superiority of any particular option.
Values and norms

The benefits and costs of the options accrue to different stakeholders. Which loss to accept remains undecided.

A subject for the decision-maker to argue over; the materials carry no conclusion of their own.
The record of this question
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FSP-DEMOCRACY-19 · version 1.5.0
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