The Outline of Communal ‘Ars Moriendi’ in Egalitarian Transhumanism
ETHICS IN PROGRESS December 23, 2022 Peer reviewed DOI: 10.14746/eip.2022.2.3 via OpenAlex
Summary
The proposal suggests an egalitarian and transhumanist approach to the art of dying, emphasizing the importance of minimizing anti-values and maximizing freedom and happiness. This concept, termed augmented dying (AD), envisions a body-mind free from harmful ideologies, supported by tools such as anesthetics, psychedelics, virtual reality, and advanced technologies. Achieving this vision requires a democratic society and may necessitate transitioning to a type 1 civilization on the Kardashev scale.
Study at a glance
| Key finding | An egalitarian transhumanist approach to dying can enhance freedom and happiness through the use of modern technologies. |
|---|
Abstract
This paper outlines the proposal for an egalitarian, transhumanist, and communal version of ars moriendi that should be coherent and meet the consequentialist criteria of the principle of minimizing anti-values and maximizing values, especially the ethical values of freedom and happiness. Transhuman-ist augmented dying (AD) refers to the extended body-mind, free from harmful religious and political ideologies. At present, a feasible art of dying can be systematically supported by anesthetics and psy-chedelics (entheogens), computer games, virtual reality, and good death machines. Its egalitarian form requires a deeply democratic society, and its progress may need a transition to a type 1 society on the Kardashev scale.