using this article, answer the following questions
( i) What is the story about of the movie Star Trek: The Next Generation
(ii) what is the main issue discussed in the movie
(iii) The JAG officer at the end of the movie says this is the problem of “Metaphysics which is to be explained by philosophers
What makes the problem of metaphysics which examines the nature of reality?
(3) Analyze the nature of the Robot named Data. In the case of the “Data,” what is the true nature of humanoid/android “data,” which appears human? Is he human because he appears human?
(4) If he is just a machine, Robot, or Humanoid, then ask
WHAT, THEN, MAKES HUMANS? ARE THERE MARKS OF HUMANITY? (Use http://www.differencebetween.net/miscellaneous/difference-between-human-and-machine/ Human beings vs. Machine
http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-human-and-robot/ Human being vs. Robot
http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-humanoid-and-robot/ Robot vs. Humanoid
Answer the nature of human vs. Machine, Robot, Humanoid).
(5) (i) Can appearance affect the way we judge a thing or person
(ii) Can I judge the identity of a thing based on what it appears to us? In metaphysics, appearance is the enemy of true reality. What does that mean? Plato is not happy with “appearance.
(iii) it (a thing that appears to us) is just a “copy” or a “replica” of truth (the form, the essence, the idea). But using “common sense,” what do our senses tell us about reality or a thing
(6) Do you think “robots” have freedom, like human freedom? Data, the android, refuses to undergo procedures to be examined, dismantled, and reproduced.
If you are to judge, can a machine have the right to refuse? In the end, the JAG officer ruled, granting Data the right to choose. Is the verdict right awarding Data his right to choose?
from the movie Star Trek: The Next Generation