(March 21, 2014 at 3:45 am)Shaykh al-Kabir Shair Abdulrab Wrote: I apologize for saying you are not bright but usually when an atheist argues about god in comparison to a human it is a strawman argument and intellectually dishonest. Back to the topic.....
I can only argue from my own experience; I'm not a mind reader so if you've got a disagreement over what I say it's probably due to you having some information or idea that I haven't come across yet. I won't lie here because... why would I? I don't exactly have a lot invested in this thread.
Quote:If you created a costume computer, highly complex and is automated do you have the right to destroy it unconditionally?
That depends: if it's just mechanisms then yes, I'd say so. However, if this computer is self aware and conscious, then there's a moral dimension present that there wouldn't be for a purely material thing. If the computer is self aware, even if I made it, then the same considerations would apply to it as it would to every other living being. I don't have the right to harm my children, and I don't have the right to senselessly harm or kill any other living being past a certain level of cognizance.
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