Science-fiction Studies, Volume 31, Issue 2SFS Publications, 2004 - Science fiction |
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... Galaxia , then , is to speak of the whole group consciousness . Thus , for example , when Galaxia performs some action , all of Galaxia is , in some way , involved , although some parts are clearly more involved than others . Asimov ...
... Galaxia , then , is to speak of the whole group consciousness . Thus , for example , when Galaxia performs some action , all of Galaxia is , in some way , involved , although some parts are clearly more involved than others . Asimov ...
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... [ Galaxia ] . If humanity could be made a single organism , it would be a concrete object , and it could be dealt with " ( 481 ) . Daneel can now calculate the greatest good for humanity simply by asking what is the greatest good for Galaxia ...
... [ Galaxia ] . If humanity could be made a single organism , it would be a concrete object , and it could be dealt with " ( 481 ) . Daneel can now calculate the greatest good for humanity simply by asking what is the greatest good for Galaxia ...
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... Galaxia than it would be for individual human beings . And finally , Galaxia provides a motivation for acting in a good utilitarian fashion , for according to Daneel , Galaxia was impossible " unless human beings valued the ...
... Galaxia than it would be for individual human beings . And finally , Galaxia provides a motivation for acting in a good utilitarian fashion , for according to Daneel , Galaxia was impossible " unless human beings valued the ...
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