I quote from the first law of robotics;
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human
being to come to harm.
On 04/22/11 14:47, Schwarz, Barry A wrote:
Does that imply that no inaction can ever be immoral?
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Neither the past nor even our record of it has really been altered. Darren's
gesture placated the OP; he was wise to make it; no action that is a fortiori
ineffectual can be immoral.
John Gilmore Ashland, MA 01721-1817 USA
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