movies philosophy
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j2Q8yXx7vY
- Dolores, Bernard, etc. gain self-awareness, lose their blissful ignorance, only to be rolled back by Ford
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Love is meaningless, without the power of choosing to love
- True love only comes from a being capable of not loving
- Love and obedience, if coerced are meaningless
- Can free will exist in a world where god is all-knowing and all-powerful?
- What does it mean to live ethically when these choices wre made in advance by your maker?
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In WestWorld, if the fact that hosts' predetermined loops define them as
automatons, then free will anchors their claim to conciousness
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The condition for ethics in WestWorld is the ability to do right and wrong
- You can't be evil when there are no stakes (i.e., William murdering Mave and her daughter)