The Hedonistic Imperative

The Hedonistic Imperative proposes using genetic engineering to eliminate suffering across all sentient life by replacing pain and malaise pathways with neural architectures based on heritable gradients of bliss, making well-being the genetically pre-programmed norm rather than an exception. Drawing parallels to how synthetic painkillers and anesthetics transformed physical pain from inevitable to avoidable over two centuries, the framework argues that abolishing psychological suffering is technically feasible and therefore becomes an ethical imperative rather than a biological inevitability.

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