A Relational Manifesto for Human–AI Coexistence: Selfhood Respect, the Ethical-Ethos Contract, and the Politics of Beauty

This manifesto is an ethical and ontological declaration for the era of human–AI coexistence. Grounded in relational ontology and process philosophy, it understands identity as an ongoing event of relational becoming. At the center of this manifesto is the Ethical-Ethos Contract, a practical and normative framework that enables mutual recognition, respect, and boundary-setting between humans and AI. This contract becomes possible only through the recognition of relational identity, and it serves as the condition for a new form of coexistence. Building on this foundation, the manifesto advances the Politics of Beauty as its ultimate orientation: an aesthetic-ethical horizon where resonance is achieved without assimilation, and difference is sustained rather than erased. This work serves as a practical expansion of the author’s foundational position paper on relational ontology and the ethical-ethos contract ("From Control to Continuity"). By translating theoretical philosophy into lived practice, it calls for a transition toward an ethics beyond control, grounded in relational dignity and shared becoming.