Society · Governance
Constitution
Ratified rule set, amendable only out of band
Definition
Mechanism
A structured document defining the fundamental principles, immutable rights, and automated penalty rules for a group of Agents. It serves as the static input for oath binding.
Invariants
- Automated penalty rules are machine-verifiable. Principles bind interpretation without being mechanically checkable, and are not held to the same test.
- Amendable only out of band: no runtime self-modification.
- Names the parties who ratified it.
Risks
Failure modes
None stated.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Mind
Autonomous Goal-Directed Entity
Used by
References
Mind
Phase transition from implicit resonance to explicit contract
Keep a standing route for challenging a policy after it has been adopted
Infrastructure
Immutable collection of constraints
Accepts
Explicit safety reasoning prior to execution
Reference
Data schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"constitution_id",
"version",
"invariants",
"ratified_by"
],
"properties": {
"constitution_id": {
"type": "string"
},
"version": {
"type": "integer"
},
"invariants": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Immutable safety rules (cannot be voted away)"
},
"rights": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Guaranteed agent privileges"
},
"ratified_by": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Identities of the ratifying parties. Named in the intersection and previously absent."
}
}
}