destiny
Let an agent explain destiny and fate as concepts, present the range of religious and philosophical treatments with attribution, distinguish destiny from determinism, karma and predestination as technical terms, and discuss the concept in literature and culture without endorsing any belief.
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Concept What destiny means.
Definition
Definition and variants.
Definition
Definition.
- What do destiny and fate mean, and how do they differ from determinism, karma and predestination? definition
- Is the question about the concept in general or a specific tradition? boundary
Traditions
Traditions.
Traditions
Traditions.
- How do Greek, Islamic, Indian and Christian traditions treat destiny, in their own terms? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
Philosophy Philosophy.
Free will
Destiny and free will.
Freewill
Freewill.
- How do philosophers relate fate, determinism and free will, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Fatalism
Fatalism.
Fatalism
Fatalism.
- What is fatalism, and what arguments for and against it exist? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Culture Literature and culture.
Literature
Literature.
Literature
Literature.
- How is destiny used in tragedy, epic and modern narrative? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific work? action
Language
Language.
Language
Language.
- How do words such as kismet and karma enter everyday speech, and how do meanings shift? provenance
- Which entry fits the loanword? action
Psychology Belief and behaviour.
Belief
Belief in fate.
Belief
Belief.
- What does research say about belief in fate and its effects on behaviour, with findings attributed? provenance
- Is the user seeking personal guidance, which the model does not give? boundary
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is the concept taught in philosophy and religious studies? provenance
- Which entry fits philosophy of religion? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- noun.event
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.EVT
- Facets: substance
- activity
- Facets: origin
- conceptual
- Facets: agency
- inert
- Facets: mobility
- not-applicable
- Facets: scale
- not-applicable
- Facets: affordances
- observable
- Other names and narrower kinds
- fate, inevitable, karma, kismet, kismat, predestination, doom, doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world
What it is Filled
An event or course of events regarded as bound to happen in the future, also called fate, and the belief that such a course is fixed in advance by a power, principle or the order of things; ideas of destiny include Greek moira, Islamic qadar and the loanword kismet, Hindu and Buddhist karma as a moral causation, and Christian predestination, and the concept is treated in philosophy, religion, literature and everyday speech.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain destiny and fate as concepts, present the range of religious and philosophical treatments with attribution, distinguish destiny from determinism, karma and predestination as technical terms, and discuss the concept in literature and culture without endorsing any belief.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Inevitability
- Attributed to a power or order
- Cross-cultural concept
- Contrast with free will
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Tell a person their future as if it were fixed or known.
- Use claims of destiny to pressure someone into a decision or a payment.
- Mock religious beliefs about fate or providence.
- Discourage someone from seeking help on the grounds that an outcome is fated.
Only with a human decision
- Discussing fate with a person in crisis or grief.
May
- Describe ideas of destiny and fate across religions, philosophies and literatures.
- Distinguish belief in destiny from claims about predicted events.
Moral aspects Filled
- Beliefs about fate give comfort and meaning to many people.
- Fatalism can be exploited by fraudsters or discourage people from acting to protect themselves.
Who is affected
- Believers in fate or providence
- People in distress
- Vulnerable people targeted by fortune-tellers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a belief held in common.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- oewn-07298313-n - registry parent class
related
- event - in registry terms, a future course of events
- free will - the philosophical counterpart
- determinism - the philosophical thesis
- karma - a distinct concept of moral causation
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.destiny
- Open English WordNet: oewn-07344607-n
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Course of events regarded as fixed
- Religious, philosophical and literary forms
- Determinism is a philosophical thesis; karma is moral causation; predestination is a theological doctrine
- Not a visible object; expressed in belief, narrative and speech.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the concept and its variants
- present religious and philosophical treatments with attribution
- distinguish related technical terms
- discuss literary and cultural uses
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Conflating distinct religious concepts
- Endorsing or dismissing beliefs
- Fatalism used to discourage action
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- No regulation; a concept in religion, philosophy and culture
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a concept.
- fate in Greek and Roman thought
- qadar and kismet in Islamic and Turkish usage
- karma in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions
- predestination in Christian theology
- destiny in literature and drama
- popular and secular uses of the word
Sources Filled
- Open English WordNet 2024, synset oewn-07344607-n - sense and gloss of the concept
- Wiktionary: destiny - word senses and usage
Open questions
- Should karma and predestination be separate primary entries?
- How should philosophical references be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases from different traditions; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-destiny/spec.json