Re: MD MOQ and The Moral Evolution of Society.

From: Valuemetaphysics@aol.com
Date: Thu May 27 2004 - 14:02:27 BST

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    Hello everyone,
    I wonder if Asimov's three laws of robotics can be applied to an MOQ
    structure?
    His three laws state:
    1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human
    being to come to harm.
    2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders
    would conflict with the First Law.
    3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not
    conflict with the First or Second Law.

    If we modify this structure to behave in terms of the MOQ moral hierarchy,
    the application may run something like this:
    1. Static Quality may obey its own laws except where such laws would conflict
    with DQ.
    2. Static Quality must respond to DQ except where such responses would
    restrict DQ.
    3. Static Quality must protect its own existence as long as such protection
    does not conflict with the first or second law.

    Each level would have to be able to form coherent relationships with ones
    below and above it, and perhaps with coherent relationships of many levels below
    it.

    All the best,
    Mark M.

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