How would your character answer these questions?

[TheRealFlapJackson]

I thought of a neat way to catalyze character development - making yourself try to answer a question from their perspective! Reply with your character and their answers to any of these questions, or even your own. If I see any questions I find particularly interesting I'll add them to the list!

• Is there a meaning to life? If so, what is it?
  
• What defines art? Or, what is the difference between something that is art and what is not?
  
• Do you think art is an essential aspect of society? Or do you think it harms society?
  
• What do you consider to be 'progress', in terms of a society?
  
• Do robots deserve rights?
  
• Do you genuinely think every one of your beliefs are justified?
  
• Does absolute power corrupt absolutely?
  
• Why are you deserving of rights? And, who or what else deserves rights as a result?
  
• When, if ever, is taking a human life justified?
  
• If there were no rules or law to influence your behavior, including societal expectations, how do you think you would behave?
  
• What's the difference between justice and revenge?
  
• Is privacy a right or a luxury?
  
• Is morality always subjective or can it be objective? And if it can, when would it be? If not, then whose concept of morality should be agreed as truth? Or is truth irrelevant to morality?
  
• Should there be limitations to the freedom of speech?
  
• Which are more important when judging a crime: Intention or outcome?
  
• If you could save a life but you don't as doing so would break a law for whatever reason, are you ethically justified in your decision?
  
• What is your definition of evil?
  

Franziska Jackson's answers to all: (In order.)

• "I... I dunno. My uncle always used to say 'life is too short' and that, but it's the longest thing you'll ever experience. just enjoy it while it lasts."
  
• "Art these days can be literally anything. like, see a clown, and that's 'art'. see a cupcake, and that's 'art'. it's kind of confusing. but art never has a clear meaning."
  
• "Art isn't really necessary, but it can be nice."
  
• "We live in a society where Progress is defined as almost any step forward in technology."
  
• "Yes, I'm gonna risk controversy by saying that they have feelings, too."
  
• "Uh... No. I don't believe in a 'god' per se, but if i saw them, i'd change my mind, if that makes any sense."
  
• "Absolutely. (Chuckles) Shitty pun, i know."
  
• "Deserving rights is a matter of perspective. I do believe i deserve them for the work i do."
  
• "It's justified in my eyes if they tried to take your life first. Self-defense isn't wrong."
  
• "<This recording has been deleted for use of anti-nanotrasen language.>"
  
• "Justice is like... when someone does something blatantly wrong to a general public and is punished so.. Revenge is when you're getting back at a person for what they did to you."
  
• "Privacy is a right, if NT wants to take away our rights to privacy so they can get us to work more, they can answer to my shotgun."
  
• "Everyone has a different perspective of 'good morals', so it's subjective, i'd say."
  
• "No, let us say what we want to say, censorship is shitty."
  
• "The intention, because the outcome can end pretty much any way possible."
  
• "I don't care if it's ethically justified, they aren't dying on me."
  
• "Being evil is doing things you know is wrong, but you couldn't give less of a shit."