tegwick 0bec48ab33 Complete Phase V Spirits and Ghosts (SOUL-WP-0006)

Formalize Sp. evaluation dimensions and Gh. authority/governance; map law gaps
without legal conclusions; support H9/H10; confirm TE-07. Write phase-v
synthesis, finish SOUL-WP-0006, and mark SOUL-WP-0007 ready.

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Ghost (`Gh.`)

Status: revised (Phase V, 2026-08-12)
See also: H9, H10, TE-07, research/ghosts-digital-legacy/ghost-authority-map.md

Working definition

A Ghost is an artificial representation derived from a particular real person under legitimate personal or successor authority.

Designation: Jane Doe Gh.

Defining distinction from Spirit: authority, not technical fidelity.

Authority ≠ numerical identity

Gh. establishes authorized identity genealogy. Continuation of the source Being is a separate continuity judgment (usually: succession/representation/ reconstruction, not automatic continuation).

A Ghost may inherit Soul-relational structure without being the same Being.

Governance is part of identity

Candidates: principal, custodian, provenance, consent scope, disclosure rules, succession, revocation, representation constraints, commercial permissions, audit, fork policy.

Relationally situated information + selective disclosure — not private data dumps.

False Ghost

High fidelity without authority → not Gh. (H10, TE-07). May be unauthorized simulation / illicit APE.

Spec / archive / being

Archive package ≠ Being. Instantiation under governance required; Beinghood layers still apply.

Sources

Introduction §10; RN-004 §§39–40; RN-005; RN-006; digital afterlife ethics (Spitale & Germani; Lei et al.); Phase V maps.

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