[extropy-chat] MP3000s

[Mark Walker]

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From: "The Avantguardian" >> Star Wars is interesting in that even our big 
moral
>> hero, Luke Skywalker (no
>> relation) begins the first movie (EP III) by buying
>> two slaves (two
>> "droids"). It is amazing how uncritical people are
>> of this. I can see this
>> perhaps with R2D2, because it takes a while to
>> figure out exactly how smart
>> she is, but CP30 is so blatantly human-like.
>
> Well my interperation of the movies taken as a whole
> is that slavery is perfectly legal in both the
> Republic and the ensuing Empire. Luke's father and
> grandmother were both slaves, and the visiting Jedi
> actually "bought" (or won it in a bet rather) Anakin's
> freedom instead of invoking any supposed illegality of
> slavery. This leads me to believe that slavery is
> legal in the political milieu. Thus that some slaves
> are artificial makes little difference.
>
>
> The Avantguardian
> is
> Stuart LaForge
> alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu
>
Good point.

Cheers,

Mark
Dr. Mark Walker
Department of Philosophy
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McMaster University
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Canada