Human Gods
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"Robot Suicide? Rogue Roomba Switches Self On, Climbs Onto Hotplate, Burns Up" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/13...68064.html
All kidding aside, let's tease this out a bit!
Lol...ok, now all kidding aside...
Consider: There was a point during which this robot did not "exist".
I make that statement parenthetically because the parts had always existed, but not in the form that had warranted a title.
Following the before existence period, the parts were assembled and through those parts, an existence came to be. All of the causes required by Aristotle can be accounted for here.
Following this existence, let us pretend that this Roomba was unsatisfied with it's "life".
The Roomba decided that based on it's limited capacity for understanding, it was going to off itself. And...it did.
Now, let's extend our imagination and pretend that the manufacturer needed a nonphysical substance to somehow inject into this Roomba so that it may vacuum their floors. And let's go a bit further and presume that this substance can be recovered after the robot committed self-robot-icide.
What recourse could the manufacturer take with the reminisce of the robots immaterial substance would be morally acceptable?
This link was provided by Shonuff!
"Robot Suicide? Rogue Roomba Switches Self On, Climbs Onto Hotplate, Burns Up" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/13...68064.html
All kidding aside, let's tease this out a bit!
Lol...ok, now all kidding aside...
Consider: There was a point during which this robot did not "exist".
I make that statement parenthetically because the parts had always existed, but not in the form that had warranted a title.
Following the before existence period, the parts were assembled and through those parts, an existence came to be. All of the causes required by Aristotle can be accounted for here.
Following this existence, let us pretend that this Roomba was unsatisfied with it's "life".
The Roomba decided that based on it's limited capacity for understanding, it was going to off itself. And...it did.
Now, let's extend our imagination and pretend that the manufacturer needed a nonphysical substance to somehow inject into this Roomba so that it may vacuum their floors. And let's go a bit further and presume that this substance can be recovered after the robot committed self-robot-icide.
What recourse could the manufacturer take with the reminisce of the robots immaterial substance would be morally acceptable?
