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The Coming of Post-Humans. Evolution of Humanity — Identity and Ethics, Redefined

ASX-12-018 · Part I · Interstellar Spirituality · Chapter 2: The Planetary Stage

Beyond Species-Centric Classification

Beyond Species-Centric Classification

Recognition of unfamiliar life and intelligence without imposing human biological categories or assigning coordinates unsupported by evidence.

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OVERVIEW

This discussion examines identity continuity. Alteration, duplication, or transfer of an agent can make persistence of identity and responsibility ambiguous. Its surrounding discussion also concerns economic inequality: differences in ownership and access can become persistent asymmetries of opportunity and bargaining power.

The analytical issue is how these conditions affect consent, exposure to harm, unequal treatment, and the scope of moral protection. The node treats the potential dysfunction as an open problem: its identification does not demonstrate that the anticipated outcome will occur or that an assumed technology is feasible.

Main problem

Alteration, duplication, or transfer of an agent can make persistence of identity and responsibility ambiguous.

Central question

What criteria would distinguish continued personal identity from a separate agent with similar information?

Analytical connections

Ethics / Moral Consideration

For this identity continuity problem, ethics / moral consideration examines consent, exposure to harm, unequal treatment, and the scope of moral protection.

Social Structure

For this identity continuity problem, social structure examines group membership, social differentiation, cohesion, and the distribution of roles.

Technology

For this identity continuity problem, technology examines the proposed mechanism, technical dependencies, control interfaces, and failure conditions.

Biology / Substrate

For this identity continuity problem, biology / substrate examines substrate-specific needs, compatibility, vulnerability, and the consequences of biological modification.

Worldview / Philosophy

For this identity continuity problem, worldview / philosophy examines assumptions about knowledge, identity, reality, and the criteria used to justify conclusions.

Original source prose and question wording remain in the book. The summary and central question are analytical restatements; the author’s complete wording remains in the cited source.

ASX positions and scientific context

Physical scope and coordination themes describe fields of inquiry. They do not establish a measured capability or scientific validation.

Cross-domain dependencies

Conditional analytical comparisons; question-level access follows the parent discussion.

Embodiment, identity and recognition

Changes in embodiment, cognition or reproduction can challenge categories of identity and agency. Recognition rules and cultural expectations can then constrain access to enhancement, membership and protection. Unfamiliarity alone is not evidence of lesser moral status.

ASX-12-018: The Coming of Post-Humans. Evolution of Humanity — Identity and Ethics, Redefined, pp. 30–30; ASX-42-014: Dark Transhumanism, pp. 300–302.

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Embodiment, identity and recognition

Changes in embodiment, cognition or reproduction can challenge categories of identity and agency. Recognition rules and cultural expectations can then constrain access to enhancement, membership and protection. Unfamiliarity alone is not evidence of lesser moral status.

ASX-12-018: The Coming of Post-Humans. Evolution of Humanity — Identity and Ethics, Redefined, pp. 30–30; ASX-42-019: Light Transhumanism and Light AI. Maybe a Beacon in the Saga of Dark Transhumanism and Rogue AI on the Planetary Stage, pp. 307–308.

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Citation

Kaikhan Salakhov (2024). Astral Space Exploration: The Cosmic Renaissance: The Fundamental Principles of Cosmocybernetics. Part I, “Astral Space Exploration Grid: Interstellar Spirituality Through Stages of Development”; Chapter 2, “The Planetary Stage”; discussion: “The Coming of Post-Humans. Evolution of Humanity — Identity and Ethics, Redefined”, p. 30. Page references follow the supplied 852-page edition; pagination in other editions may differ. Library reference: ASX-12-018. https://www.asxgrid.app/library/records/ASX-12-018.html

Page references follow the supplied 852-page edition; pagination in other editions may differ..

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