Re: The problem with academic exercises in ethics
is that they are academic exercises.
Indeed.
robot, noun, a machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically, especially one programmable by a computer.
A cruise missile is a good example of a very sophisticated real-world robot. It's designed to kill people, and will destroy itself in the process. I don't see how the "Three laws of robotics" would fit into it.
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