# Personhood and Moral Status

**Workstream:** WS5 (see `ResearchProgram.md`)  
**Objective:** Descriptive vs social vs moral vs legal personhood.

## Status

**Phase III complete for gate** (2026-08-12). See `personhood-dimensions-map.md`
and `research/phase-iii-personhood-synthesis.md`.

## Key questions

*(Pull from ResearchProgram.md and refine as work proceeds.)*

## Sources

Link entries from `sources/bibliography.md` and notes under
`sources/source-notes/`.

## Notes

Working notes and interim syntheses for this research area live in this directory.