Science-fiction Studies, Volume 31, Issue 2SFS Publications, 2004 - Science fiction |
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Page 195
... humanity as a whole is more important than a single human being " ( 353 ) . Daneel thus concludes that There is a law that is greater than the First Law : " A robot may not injure humanity or , through inaction , allow humanity to come ...
... humanity as a whole is more important than a single human being " ( 353 ) . Daneel thus concludes that There is a law that is greater than the First Law : " A robot may not injure humanity or , through inaction , allow humanity to come ...
Page 197
... human society would quickly become chaotic and , therefore , unpredictable . What I have done , however , is to show that , in studying human society , it is possible to choose a starting point and to make appropriate assumptions that ...
... human society would quickly become chaotic and , therefore , unpredictable . What I have done , however , is to show that , in studying human society , it is possible to choose a starting point and to make appropriate assumptions that ...
Page 198
... human being is easy to identify . I can point to one . It is easy to see what will harm a human being and what won't - relatively easy at least . But what is humanity ? To what can we point when we speak of humanity ? And how can we ...
... human being is easy to identify . I can point to one . It is easy to see what will harm a human being and what won't - relatively easy at least . But what is humanity ? To what can we point when we speak of humanity ? And how can we ...
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