On 8/3/20 7:48 AM, N. S. via agora-discussion wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 8:57 PM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via > agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > >> On 8/3/20 3:48 AM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: >>> On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 10:47 AM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via >>> agora-business <agora-busin...@agoranomic.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> I also plan to award the badge for this tournament in the next few days. >>>> I would be interested in receiving suggestions for titles. I am >>>> currently planning to award it to ATMunn, G., Jason, Aris, Falsifian, R. >>>> Lee, omd, Trigon, Ben (Aris's friend), Claire (Aris's friend), and >>>> myself. If you can think of anyone else to whom it should be awarded, >>>> please let me know. >>> >>> I was trying to put discussion of this topic off, but fate or the >>> universe or whatever appear to have other things in mind. Ben and >>> Claire are plural, and thus probably constitute one person for the >>> purposes of current Agoran law. For a general primer on plurality, see >>> this [1]. For an etiquette primer, see this [2]. Let me know if you >>> have any questions, as I am reasonably well informed about plurality >>> in general. >>> >>> For now, unless we want to do an immediate legal change, the simplest >>> solution is probably to award one badge to the two of them. I can ask >>> for their preferences on what they'd like to go down as on the scroll. >>> >>> [1] https://morethanone.info/ >>> [2] http://www.exunoplures.org/main/articles/rules/ >>> >>> -Aris >>> >> >> This is an interesting question. Under our current rules, I think they >> would clearly be treated as a single person; however, I think that our >> change from "organism" to "entity" makes the question much less clear. >> >> -- >> ---- >> Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate >> Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth >> > > i personally wouldn't be in favour of changing the rules to allow one human > being to count as multiple persons. >
Well, what do you define as a human being? They share one body, but each of them has a distinct personhood and identity. If we make it about physical characteristics, that could also raise questions about conjoined twins. -- ---- Publius Scribonius Scholasticus, Herald, Referee, Tailor, Pirate Champion, Badge of the Great Agoran Revival, Badge of the Salted Earth
