proto-proposal: generalise naturalhood
AI: 3
We're currently putting the phrase "natural person" into various rules.
As root has pointed out, this is hard-coding decisions that we might well
change later. This proto factors out the relevant aspect of personhood.
In its present form it doesn't change the overall meaning of the ruleset:
it just makes it more maintainable.
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Enact a Power=2 rule with title "Personhood" and text:
"First-class person" means a person of a biological nature.
"First-class player" means a player who is a first-class person.
[Logically this rule should first define "person". In the present form
it leaves the meaning implicit, as it currently is.]
Amend rule 1728 by replacing each instance of the words "players who
are natural persons" with "first-class players".
Amend rule 1950 by replacing the text "natural person" with
"first-class person". [This handles both the current version and the
version after Murphy's "Disambiguate voter eligibility" proposal.]
Amend rule 869 by replacing the text "never been a natural person"
with "never been a first-class person". [This text exists only after
Zefram's "down with non-person players" proposal.]
}}}
-zefram
