---
slug: "Reasonbridge"
name: "Reasonbridge"
type: "Governance"
layer: "Society"
ref: "Reasonbridge#f8d2"
sema_id: "sema:Reasonbridge#mh:SHA-256:f8d2cf63276ff812d41e9344739dd65f7ac4dbe9f111db17a1b1698ee7e6b6e7"
tags: ["Society","Governance"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reasonbridge/
related: ["Decision","Goalweave","Costeer"]
---

# Reasonbridge

Explain a decision in the terms of each value set it affects, without pretending they share one justification

Layer: Society · Category: Governance

## Mechanism

A [Decision](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Decision.md) that affects parties with different values is explained once for each value set, giving the reasons that hold within it in its own terms. Where a value set finds no reason to support the decision, the explanation says so.

## Invariants

- Each affected value set receives reasons stated in its own terms.
- Where a value set has no supporting reason, the explanation says so.

## Failure modes

- False consensus: one justification is presented as everyone's.
- Pandering: different groups are told contradictory things about what the decision does.

## Builds on

- [Decision](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Decision.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Reasonbridge#mh:SHA-256:f8d2cf63276ff812d41e9344739dd65f7ac4dbe9f111db17a1b1698ee7e6b6e7`
- Ref: `Reasonbridge#f8d2`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reasonbridge/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Reasonbridge)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Reasonbridge.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)