soul-frame/concepts/ghost.md
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.
2026-08-12 01:36:14 +02:00

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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.
## Social Mind bar
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 §§3940; RN-005; RN-006; digital afterlife ethics
(Spitale & Germani; Lei et al.); Phase V maps.