 Self-Sacrifice
Self-Sacrifice
From what I understand, it is possible for a computer to be programmed to self-destruct when it notices a more powerful PC on its LAN. This is just a hypothetical scenario. What I am trying to say is you can program a PC to “kill” itself when it notices a more powerful machine (to take over its job). The PC does not self-destruct because of choice it made but rather because it was programmed to react to the situation in a certain way. If it had a choice, it would have to possess freewill (and this is clearly not possible).
Couldn’t the same be argued for people when they are in a stressful situation? For example, you get put into a situation where you have no time to think, you just act immediately. If I were to see a brick falling from a building onto a family member of mine, I would not think, I would just act immediately (even if the brick could hurt and kill me). Couldn’t the same be argued for the computer that self-destructs? The computer, like the person, merely acts, not out of choice as the computer only has one option, which is to self-destruct. The person, like the computer, acts immediately. Isn’t this altruism? |