One of the enduring concepts in science fiction is that "evolution" or transformation is the only morality there is. Arthur C. Clark's "Childhood's End" is a 60s vintage example of this; The Borg on Star Trek Voyager elaborate this concept over the course of many episodes. Two new series "The Expanse" and "The Crossing" are based almost entirely on this concept as were the 2000s vintage "Battlestar Galactica" series BSG and Caprica. There are too many series based on this concept to even begin to elaborate in depth.
This concept is sort of an inversion of the idea of the "scorn for matter", where the "spirit", that is, the symbolic version of man, is trapped in a weak body and that the entire human race is ultimately "limited" by our physical body.
I think this point-of-view could only arise in cities where there are no natural counter examples, like the humble possum.
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