On 4/27/2015 4:24 PM, LizR wrote:
On 28 April 2015 at 08:58, Jason Resch <[email protected]
<mailto:[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.
To really make a good decision we'd have to know a lot more - which is why we have
trials. Just from the above outline we don't even really know that the killer is
dangerous or mentally unstable. Maybe he murdered the guy who bullied his gay son online
and caused his son to commit suicide. Or maybe he murdered his duplicate because his
duplicate stole his identity?
Brent
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