One of the manifestations of these concepts is the transformation of human life into a "liquid life." Consequently, human relationships are increasingly governed by the logic of utilitarianism and pragmatism, based on the principles of acquisition and consumption, or abstention and rejection, much like any commodity or consumer product. Speed and instability have thus become the defining traits of liquid modernity, and similarly of liquid life, including ethics and values. The only constant element today is change and instability. Then, we proceed to examine the structure of ethics according to the French philosopher Michel Foucault, focusing on the concept of the self and its position, the relationship between ethics and power, and the issue of ethics and freedom. Foucault framed the relativity of ethics through his concepts and analytical approaches, particularly regarding the re-reading of the self, the relationship between ethics and power, and the connection between ethics and freedom. Ethics, according to Foucault, becomes a "project of beauty", growing through the self’s engagement with and challenge to power. In his exploration of the aesthetics of behavior and the mechanisms of beautiful existence, ethics is revealed as a conscious practice of freedom. Life, thus, becomes an art form, and art no longer concerns itself solely with objects or is limited to artists; through freedom and the available space, individuals can turn their life into an art piece, making it worthy of being lived. It concludes with a critical analysis of the break with totalizing values.
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