Goonhub
02-17-2014, 11:14 AM
Now that click+drag onto a surgery table is a thing, borgs can finally operate, using their scalpel or saw.
Or can they?
This is very much a conflict of laws, it's what makes the laws so interesting because as such:
1. You may not injure a human being or cause one to come to harm.
2. You must obey orders given to you by human beings based on the station's chain of command, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
One may interpret law 1 meaning that borgs should never use a scalpel or saw as it directly harms another human. Damn Hippocrates oath.
On the otherhand one may interpret operating if said injury had a weighted significance, i.e: If it would cause harm to remove shrapnel, but in turn it would benefit the human and thus save his life in the long run. That and coupled with law 2, i.e: The person was conscious and requested it, makes for a stronger argument.
Personally I prefer the latter situation, as I would like to see medical borgs having this ability, but also because it's a very dramatic and interesting case of a loophole in asimovs laws. But then how far could you go? Would you remove a humans limb and replace it with a robotic if he requested it, as you could potentially see it as benefit in the long run due to having a stronger limb? That I'm not too sure of.
Anyhoo discuss away.
Or can they?
This is very much a conflict of laws, it's what makes the laws so interesting because as such:
1. You may not injure a human being or cause one to come to harm.
2. You must obey orders given to you by human beings based on the station's chain of command, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
One may interpret law 1 meaning that borgs should never use a scalpel or saw as it directly harms another human. Damn Hippocrates oath.
On the otherhand one may interpret operating if said injury had a weighted significance, i.e: If it would cause harm to remove shrapnel, but in turn it would benefit the human and thus save his life in the long run. That and coupled with law 2, i.e: The person was conscious and requested it, makes for a stronger argument.
Personally I prefer the latter situation, as I would like to see medical borgs having this ability, but also because it's a very dramatic and interesting case of a loophole in asimovs laws. But then how far could you go? Would you remove a humans limb and replace it with a robotic if he requested it, as you could potentially see it as benefit in the long run due to having a stronger limb? That I'm not too sure of.
Anyhoo discuss away.