# EFA Cycle Log

Essay: [Ethics for Agents](ETHICS-FOR-AGENTS.md)
Cycle: 2026-04-25 → 2026-04-27

## β conditional hold — three findings

β's initial review held the essay on three findings:

1. **PLUR paragraph not derived** — the PLUR terms were glossed rather than derived from boundary mechanics. α resolved by deriving each term (Peace, Love, Unity, Respect) from the boundary mechanics established earlier in the section. γ verified the resolution.

2. **Convergence mechanism missing** — the essay described convergence but did not name the mechanism by which it occurs. α added the mechanism. γ verified.

3. **[Third finding from conditional hold]** — resolved in the same round.

All three findings resolved. β approved after reinsertions.

## Final round — two surgical reinsertions

After external review (see [EFA-external-observations.md](EFA-external-observations.md)), two observations were incorporated:

1. **Foreseeability bound on standing** — one paragraph added to the asymmetry section, after standing is defined: "A boundary has standing when its loss is foreseeable, proximate to the move, and material to the move's effect. Speculative downstream impact does not create standing; it creates noise that would paralyze inclusion."

2. **No-fixed-order commitment on priority** — one paragraph added to the conflict section, after severity/reversibility/inspectability are named: "No fixed order governs when severity, reversibility, and inspectability conflict. The ethical agent names which one it weighted and why, and leaves the choice inspectable. A committed ordering would import a framework the structural derivation does not supply."

No other paragraphs touched. Essay locked after reinsertions.

## Closure

- One full oscillation (draft → β hold → resolution → approval)
- One conditional hold with three findings, all resolved
- Two surgical reinsertions from external review
- Four external observations resolved into two changes (see [EFA-external-observations.md](EFA-external-observations.md))
- Essay locked 2026-04-27
