Is Destroying An Advanced Robot Murder?

[trueuniverse]

To further my point, slavery would still be legal almost everywhere in the world if the industrial revolution never occurred, but sense the industrial revolution is dependent on technology, the slavery of technology will always exist not matter how complex the the technology is.

 

[JoeDawg]

Now imagine that someone destroyed that robot. Would you consider it as henous a crime as murder? Would the courts agree? The medical community... etc...?

You're asking different questions here. If I consider the being a person, of course I would consider it a crime.

If the courts had determined that it was a person, they would likely agree since personhood as a legal definition would demand it. There was a time when women and slaves were not considered 'persons', which made it easy to abuse them.

Personhood as a legal definition is changeable. We still have it in modern western culture. Unborn children are not persons. Children are not full persons until they reach the age of maturity. People who are not citizens do not have full person status. Whether the courts agree a crime has been committed is a simple matter of legislation and precedent.

The medical community could certainly inform judgment of this... they might certainly have an opinion, but murder is a legal definition, so in the end its a legal issue.

The rights we have as persons are arbitrary, they depend on what those in power deem fit to give to us. If robots are powerless, they probably wouldn't have many rights.

 

[baywax]

You're asking different questions here. If I consider the being a person, of course I would consider it a crime.

If the courts had determined that it was a person, they would likely agree since personhood as a legal definition would demand it. There was a time when women and slaves were not considered 'persons', which made it easy to abuse them.

Personhood as a legal definition is changeable. We still have it in modern western culture. Unborn children are not persons. Children are not full persons until they reach the age of maturity. People who are not citizens do not have full person status. Whether the courts agree a crime has been committed is a simple matter of legislation and precedent.

The medical community could certainly inform judgment of this... they might certainly have an opinion, but murder is a legal definition, so in the end its a legal issue.

The rights we have as persons are arbitrary, they depend on what those in power deem fit to give to us. If robots are powerless, they probably wouldn't have many rights.

Alright then, advanced robot destroyed by

A living, breathing human being, as opposed to a legal entity such as a corporation. Different rules and protections apply to natural persons and corporations, such as the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, which applies only to natural persons.

http://www.nolo.com/definition.cfm/Term/61D37D9C-A50D-4E29-86A8E661D7D5E344/alpha/N/ . Murder or property crime?

 

[Ironside]

I didn't read everything you guys posted so if i repeated a post sorry in advance.

I don't think NOW destroying a robot is considered murder. Robots right now are very primitive, they are made by us and we control everything they do. They have no consciousness. I think, as the human technology advances, we will eventually design robots with self consciousness. That being said, humans will grow attached to the robots like we are attached to pets such as cats and dogs, and just like killing a cat or a dog, people will eventually get punishment for destroying a robot.

 

[baywax]

I didn't read everything you guys posted so if i repeated a post sorry in advance.

I don't think NOW destroying a robot is considered murder. Robots right now are very primitive, they are made by us and we control everything they do. They have no consciousness. I think, as the human technology advances, we will eventually design robots with self consciousness. That being said, humans will grow attached to the robots like we are attached to pets such as cats and dogs, and just like killing a cat or a dog, people will eventually get punishment for destroying a robot.

You seem pretty sure about that.

Is this why people will kill you for touching their car?

 

[Ironside]

You seem pretty sure about that.

Is this why people will kill you for touching their car?

Lol, I am just assuming that's how it will turn out in the future.