In an age where algorithms dictate choices and AI challenges ethics, Amsterdam’s extreme pact—"killing to preserve dignity"—serves as a chilling mirror to modern civilization. The novel argues:

1. "Dignity lies in pre-death autonomy": Debates over "pulling the plug on vegetative patients" or "AI in hospice care" demand redefining life’s value;
2. "Rationality may dehumanize": Clive’s mathematically precise symphony mirrors today’s AI-generated art crisis—technical perfection sacrifices emotional resonance;
3. "Cities reflect human paradox": Amsterdam’s canal lights echo social media personas, exposing collective self-deception.
   McEwan’s thriller reveals modernity’s core crisis: Not lack of answers, but questions obscured by cognitive fog. Only by acknowledging the limits of moral judgment can we preserve humanity’s fragile light in a fragmented world.