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no no, that was not what i was saying. if you kill a cow it is dead and therfore not survived.
by majmun 15y ago
no no, that was not what i was saying. if you kill a cow it is dead and therfore not survived.
- jemfinch 15y agoIf I kill you, you are dead and therefore have not survived. Does that mean you lack a right to life?
- majmun 15y agoif you kill me yes i don't have right to live.
- lukeqsee 15y agoSo "right to live" = "ability to survive"? I don't think so. That my friend, is the only thing that separates us from pure animals (i.e., morality). (I do not wish to open the can of worms of consciousness, soul, etc., and etc., so, HN, please refrain.)
- majmun 15y agoit is important to mention "ability to survive by its own or in group" to be politically correct, for example little babies usually cant survive on its own but can survive in a group. so they usually have right to live. morality is just another way of saying i care for this baby so i form a group with this baby.
- prophetjohn 15y agoPerhaps this is an argument in favor of some sort of perverted natural selection, where you have a right to life commensurate with your ability to defend it?
- majmun 15y agosomething like that, anyway im not saying that i know the future of machine and know it would survive. and therfore i don't know if it has right to live. saying that something doesn't have right to live is not same as being able to kill it or shut it down. i mean if some machine is not usefull for nothing and it wastes resources than you have right to shut it down if you can, no matter what IQ it has.