Dangers, Rights, and Responsibilities
TUT 100 - Virtue in Animal and Machine - Professor Weinman
Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading
Journal.
- Wallach an Allen pose several questions throughout the chapter. Identify
(that is, quote and cite) the question you believe should be answered
first. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your selection.
(Note: this is not asking which question is most important
to answer period. It is also not asking which question could
be answered first. Rather, which question should we strive to answer
first, perhaps at the cost of all others.)
- Identify the sentence or short passage from the chapter that you feel
is most closely related to Searle's Chinese room
argument (first raised in Chapter 4). Briefly explain whether your
choice supports, denies, or complicates Searle's position.
- Select the sentence from today's reading that you feel makes the makes
the best distinction between accountability and
responsibility. Briefly explain the importance of
this distinction.