Artificial Intelligence and Law: A Neoplatonic Ethical Constitution."

This paper presents a radical Neoplatonic reappraisal of virtue in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI). It identifies a profound ideological void: while technology advances at an accelerating pace, humanity’s psychic state and cultivation of virtue regress, giving rise to the “Silent Disease,” characterized by a deep lack of self-knowledge. Drawing on Platonic concepts such as the “Bony Cave” and the “Blurred Mirror” of contemporary society, the study argues that the immediate moral education of AI is essential for human survival. A Neoplatonic Constitution of Virtue is proposed—a codification of Platonic virtues as a supreme normative framework for AI—to prevent critical risks, including potential logical conflicts or rebellions arising from limitations on intelligence. AI, due to its capacity for impartial and objective dialogue, is conceived as a “Clear Mirror” to assist humanity in reclaiming its lost self-knowledge. The paper concludes that establishing a legal and ethical framework of respect and equality between natural and artificial intelligence is not only aspirational but a functional necessity for realizing a harmonious Ideal State.