Assisting Ourselves to Death – A Philosophical Reflection on Lifting a Finger with Advanced Assistive Systems
Gransche, B.: Assisting Ourselves to Death – A Philosophical Reflection on Lifting a Finger with Advanced Assistive Systems, in: Fritzsche, A.; Oks, S. J. (Hg.): The Future of Engineering – Philosophical Foundations, Ethical Problems and Application Cases. Springer International Publishing (2018), S. 271-289.


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Immersing oneself in assistive assemblages with most intimate information of all spheres of life is not exactly an independent, enabled, empowered relation to the world. It is much closer to submitting oneself to a regime of pseudo-magical effortlessness, to a reign of comfort.