Jean- Paul Sartre states that subjectivity is how man is what he achieves in life. Man is responsible for himself and his future, he is always making conscious decisions for his future. This is where the line gets blurred for Data being categorized as living, he is an android but he can also process his experiences and remember them instead of just having the information that he has downloaded. Data should be considered a living being because he is capable of having memories and he is aware of himself and how his actions can affect the future.
Subjectivity is a term in existentialism that describes how man is in charge of who he is and how he thinks the ideal man should live. Sartre uses an example of someone getting married to show that if man gets married he believes that everyone else should get married too (667) because the decisions that man makes constructs an image …show more content…
Sartre posits that “to make man aware of what he is” (666). Data being aware of himself and his effects on his actions on others shows that he is aware of himself. Also, he has a program that allows him to think for himself and he learns by experience, he doesn’t know everything simply because he can download everything. Data’s advanced program is why he didn’t want to be taken apart, because he didn’t want to lose his ability to keep these new experiences and the importance of the moment. Which is the same for humans, as they get older and they experience things their brain changes and adapts to the different experiences that shape the way that they remember things and act. Then if their memory is threatened by a disease or an accident, they try their hardest to find a way to keep as much of their memory as they can. Since data is capable of thinking for himself and making conscious decisions he should be considered a living
Subjectivity is a term in existentialism that describes how man is in charge of who he is and how he thinks the ideal man should live. Sartre uses an example of someone getting married to show that if man gets married he believes that everyone else should get married too (667) because the decisions that man makes constructs an image …show more content…
Sartre posits that “to make man aware of what he is” (666). Data being aware of himself and his effects on his actions on others shows that he is aware of himself. Also, he has a program that allows him to think for himself and he learns by experience, he doesn’t know everything simply because he can download everything. Data’s advanced program is why he didn’t want to be taken apart, because he didn’t want to lose his ability to keep these new experiences and the importance of the moment. Which is the same for humans, as they get older and they experience things their brain changes and adapts to the different experiences that shape the way that they remember things and act. Then if their memory is threatened by a disease or an accident, they try their hardest to find a way to keep as much of their memory as they can. Since data is capable of thinking for himself and making conscious decisions he should be considered a living