Rojica to Rakkasei - Vol. 1 Ch. 8.5

[MangaDex]

 

[VonCesaw]

Is it even ethical to artificially produce self-actualization in a sentient and sapient pet

 

[teriguu]

Oh my gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood.

 

[Redsaint]

Honestly I was expecting the little guy to be climbing upone of the others and that the hail was dandruff

 

[gum_rummy]

Give him friends.

 

[Poipoy]

Seriously this manga is so good

 

[Oeconomist]

@VonCesaw, what are you trying to ask? Self-actualization is, ex definitione, effected by the self.

Rakka and Rojica may have no idea that he has a sense of self or any of the other attributes revealed by the transcription of his internal monologue, and the requirements of ethics cannot exceed the possibilities of epistemology.

 

[Shareazu]

@Oeconomist But still, i do understand where @VonCesaw is coming from. However, i don't think they really know all the moral and ethical implications of their actions on his existence. Maybe they just found him climbing rocks one day, noted that he was always looking for other ones to climb, and kept giving him greater challenges to overcome, while also giving him a reward for his hard work? It wouldn't really be something they demanded of him to do, just something that he seems to enjoy doing, himself. The self-actualization comes from within himself, i think.

 

[Oeconomist]

@Shareazu—

I perfectly agree that if they could be aware of his inner life, then their present behavior would be at best questionable. But there isn't any indication that they could be. Ethics must accept the limits of knowledge, so they aren't being unethical.

 

[Shareazu]

@Oeconomist exactly.

Also sorry for replying to a 2 year old comment, auheauh. Only came across this great series now!

 

[Oeconomist]

@Shareazu—

It was perfectly fair for you to reply. It wasn't as if previous discussion had beem convoluted, so I could pick-up where I'd left-off without struggle.

 

[Monky]

This is some twilight zone shit for real