Law and Morality in the Era of the Transhumanist Transition
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Philosophical and sociological scenario modeling of a transhumanist future was conducted, in which artificial intelligence algorithms, biotechnologies, and digital infrastructure radically transform moral and legal norms. The aim of the study is to reconstruct a possible trajectory for the evolution of law and morality under the pres-sure of accelerating technological, socioeconomic, and cultural trends. The object is the dynamics of legal and ethical systems in a society transitioning to a technocratic model with ubiquitous algorithmic governance and pervasive digitalization. The study employs an interdisciplinary approach that combines social philosophy, AI ethics, futurology, and legal theory. Its principal tool is analytic extrapolation, which condenses numerous dis-parate concepts into a single model. This model highlights critical shifts in the normative sphere: from replacing traditional ethical debates with algorithmic “codes” to introducing distributed responsibility and the virtualization of punishments. The analysis shows that a one-sided focus on computational efficiency can erode empathy, undermine personal autonomy, and trigger a crisis in the very meaning of the normative system. The work’s scientific novelty lies in its comprehensive theoretical reflection on the future evolution of law and morality un-der conditions of total algorithmization and transhumanist transformation. It proposes a set of novel ethical-legal challenges – ranging from “patch ethics” (cyclical updates of AI moral codes) and the alignment problem of artificial intelligence to the notion of post-human law that accounts for the interests of digital consciousness-es. In doing so, the study underscores the vulnerability of human identity and values in the face of algorithmic governance and the prospect of “post-human” normativity. The present study treats the described futurological scenario as a hypothetical model requiring further empirical validation and a consistent adaptation of legisla-tion – up to and including potential amendments to constitutional norms.
Author: Yaroslav A. Tretyakov
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4411612421