Abstract
Chapter 11 entertains the tensions between the development of future
artificial intelligence structures and the priorities of universal human rights, which
necessitate the founding of a public domain. We return to our discussion of the effects
of Enlightenment theorizing on the current situation, contrasting that with the
possibilities afforded by taking a phenomenological approach to the concept of human
rights. The limits of personal autonomy are discussed, and phenomenological concepts
that were explicated earlier in work are applied to this question of human rights, which
are discussed in conjunction with, as well as in opposition to, the effects of the
globalizing logic that advocates for the unfettered application of computer logic to all
aspects of life.