The impact of the new cosmos and its master narrative of cosmic evolution need not be couched solely in terms of theology. Mark Lupisella and John Logsdon have proposed a “cosmocentric ethic,” which they characterize as one which “(1) place…44. See, for example, Michael Ashkenazi, “Not the Sons of Adam: Religious Response to ETI,” Space Policy 8 (1992): 341–350. In interviews with 21 religious authorities from a variety of religions, the author found that none believed extrate…
Mark Lupisella
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Mark Lupisella is an astro-engineer and theorist who has developed a "cosmocentric ethic" that reframes humanity's moral and existential frameworks around cosmic evolution rather than terrestrial theology. In the course readings, Lupisella and Logsdon's work appears as a key move in thinking beyond anthropocentric ethics—proposing instead that the universe itself, rather than divinity or human welfare, should anchor ethical decision-making in an age of AI and potential cosmic-scale technologies. This framework becomes relevant to "Pandaemonium Architecture" as a way of philosophically repositioning what superintelligent systems or expanded technological networks might optimize toward, outside the bounds of human-centered morality.
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