In crafting my story “featherweight soul” (part of Scales of Osiris), one dilemma is how to depict the celestial and terrestrial moral landscape [4]. Myth & history have both realms conflicted, with personified undercurrents and agentic misalignment.

What really matters when push comes to shove? Who matters? What autonomy do Osiris’ terrestrial operatives have? What are the rules of engagement? What risks are acceptable? Are there second chances?

So, imagine “boiling down” a moral code – all the do’s & don’ts and heuristics – into 3 laws à la Asimov’s Laws. Basically a framework for duty of care: harmless purpose, harmless alignment, self-protection.

Yet, what are the Laws’ subtleties? – built-in assumptions, ambiguities, and loopholes?