Stark Trek: The Measure Of A Man

Stark Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise that was created in 1966. Episode 9 of season 2 was called a The Measure of a Man, which aired on February 11th, 1989. In the episode Data resigns his commission rather than be dismantled for examination by a skilled scientist. A formal hearing is convened to determine whether Data is considered property without rights or a sentient being. The main point to take away from this episode is do we consider a machine, like Data, a human being that has rights or is just a piece of property with no rights? I believe that Data is just a piece of property without rights because he does not have feelings. All human beings have some sort of feeling toward certain things and that is one of the aspects that make us who we are, a human being. Also in order to be a human being you have to born, you cannot be made from various metals and other technological components. Therefore Data was not born, instead he was constructed from other forms making him a machine. In other …show more content…
Chapter 7 of the book provides an example where a guy named Rich begins flirting with a robot. Right there I find that very disturbing, that Rich has become so connected with the robot he is flirting with it. And to make things even stranger Rich already has a girlfriend, that is actually a human and not a robot. The robot is just making noises that Rich interprets as encouraging and flirtatious. The robot is designed to mimic the sounds that a human makes. Therefore Rich becomes intimate in his tone and the robot is designed to respond in an intimate tone. Ultimately Rich is making the robot be flirtatious and Rich thinks the robot is interested in him. When in reality it is merely the mimicking that is making the robot speak this