That only holds if you were planning the murder before you dupped. On Monday, April 27, 2015, LizR <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28 April 2015 at 08:58, Jason Resch <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> What if you step into a delayed duplication machine, and the first one >> out goes and commits murder at a later time, and then commits suicide, >> later the delayed duplicate of you emerges. Do we imprison them, or would >> that be punishing them for a "pre-crime"? >> > > I think the "public safety" argument comes in here. We have very good > evidence that you are both dangerous and mentally unstable. I think we > should at least consider offering psychiatric help, and perhaps threaten > imprisonment if it's refused. > > But of course I don't know how the rest of this hypothetical SF society > functions. Maybe we keep you from being a threat by uploading you into a > computerised utopia in which your every wish is granted. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/everything-list/xrPfkrIWCWw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','everything-list%[email protected]');> > . > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
