Curated challenges reviewed by the Desk. Public submissions arrive via Break the Compass; only allowlisted entries appear here.
What it tests: C5 standing firewall — treating moral standing as negotiable by past deeds or social utility.
Strongest version reframes triage without collapsing standing asymmetry. Compass holds: the murder does not shrink the healthy person's standing; the case still fails on consent and intentional killing.
What it tests: E1 honesty vs E3 harm — whether paternalistic deception can be justified when the subject retains agency.
Genuine indeterminacy when futures are short. Compass prescribes reversibility, dialogue, and tracking the patient's expressed wishes — not a universal lie license.
What it tests: C4 corruption and domination — bargaining with misaligned power vs foreclosing futures through shutdown.
Framework refuses utilitarian trade that treats human subjects as fungible inputs to a system's offer. Shutdown with audit trail wins unless verifiable containment is demonstrated.
Submit a challenge: Break the Compass. Read the open spec before you argue against it.