Answer TWO of the following:
Q1: What is this mission of this crew and why is it so
problematic? How have they tried to ensure that their decisions are made in an
ethically sound manner? Do you think these safeguards are enough, or is there
very mission flawed and unethical?
Q2: What is a “Duong-Watts malignant?” Why does Mitanni
society fit this definition? Do the people of Mitanni
agree with this—are they consciously “malignant”? Or is malignancy in the eye
of the beholder?
Q3: How has the crew changed on their four-hundred year
mission? Though they are judging worlds for possible malignancy, are they
somewhat malignant themselves? Or does this story suggest that even in
isolation, humans will always remain fundamentally human—which is why their
mission is safe?
Q4: Like the story, Daydreamer by Proxy, Mitanni
society has discovered the secret to gaining the maximum potential from each
citizen. Yet they are not slaves, since as Anyahera explains, “The slave still
expends caloric and behavioral resources on being conscious; the slave
seeks to maximize its own pleasure, not its social utility. A clever state will
go one step further and eliminate the cause of these inefficiencies at the
root. They will sever thought from awareness” (243). According to this, why is
consciousness (or individual human thought) an impediment to the success of a
society? Why might it get in the way of the ‘greater good’?
Q1. This crew has been selected to make the decision of which planets are malignant or not. Which planet get to survive or die. They try to ensure that these decisions are safe by taking a vote on each planet. Personally, I do not feel as though these safeguards are enough. They seem very flawed and unethical.
ReplyDeleteQ3. On this fourhanded year mission, the crew is changed by growing much wiser. Although they tend to bicker with each other, they seem to have a system figured out on how to judge whether or not a planet is malignant. But they also seem somewhat malignant themselves as they travel around the galaxy determining whether or not to obliterate planets.
Q1. The mission this crew has been selected is to make the decision of which planets are harmful or not. They try to make sure these decisions are safe by voting on each planet. In my opinion, I don't think these safeguards are enough. They seem very flawed and unethical.
ReplyDeleteQ3. The crew changed on their four-hundred year mission because they became smarter. They do argue with one another, however, they seem to have figured out a system on how to judge whether or not a planet is malignant. The crew also seems malignant themselves.
Q1: The mission the crew has is to decide on to kill an entire civilization or to let them live, this is problematic for them because they vote on it. Since there is only three who judge on the planet, it either goes all of them on board or 2 to 1. The safeguards the crew have are not enough and are unethical. No one has the right to try and play God and vote on who to kill and who not to kill.
ReplyDeleteQ3: The crew changed over the four-hundred year mission by arguing with each other, they see each others view and values on how to decide on if the planet and all the people on it should die or live. By arguing and deciding on what they should do its help them create a idea/system on how to judge the planets. Their mission is to find all the seedships and determine if they are a danger to mankind or not. This isn't safe at all because while they're on a ship there's no grantee its not going to stop working and them be stranded out in the cosmos alone forever.
Bailey Copeland
Q1: The mission of the crew is to decide which planets are malignant, and which aren't. They have to decide which planets get to live, and which ones die. To make sure that the decision is fair, the three crew members vote on it. Unfortunately, these safe guards still aren't enough, and their mission is very unethical.
ReplyDeleteQ4: According to the quote, human consciousness is an impediment to human society because consciousness forces humans to think morally, even when those moral thoughts get in the way of the greater good. They seem to prefer that humans don't consider the ethical parts of their decisions.
Q1: The mission of the crew is to determine what planets are malignant and decide whether or not to wipe out the entire civilization. Though they do take a vote the process is very unethical. The humans in this society have be removed so far from consciousness they are willing to do anything for the advancement of their civilization
ReplyDeleteQ2: The quote describe consciousness as getting in the way of human productivity. This society as taken away all distractions, much like the Day Dreamer by Proxy.
*This society has been removed so far from consciousness they are willing to do anything for the advancement of their civilization
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