I really like the films we watched in class, especially the one about the peach orchard. That was the film that inspired me on some of my ideas for Fables of La Fontaine. During the procession in the forest it seemed like the actors were using a technique called Suzuki which I found very effective. The music and the message in the film also helped the story be told in a more entertaining way.
1)I do not think that a system of honor and shame helps a person relate to other species. it actually might deter some people from wanting to become acquainted with the other species because they might find their system too judge mental.
2) I think grief is an appropriate emotion for anything that had value and is now gone or lost. I think grief shows appreciation and respect for an object or a person, if someone grieves over your lost it means you were of some importance to that individual. You can grieve over the lost of a person, place or thing, If it meant that much to you no one can judge how authentic or appropriate your reaction is.
3) I think the job of theatre today is to depict the reaction humans have on other creatures. Because I consider creatures as part of Nature, I think the relationship between humans and Nature is take and no give relationship and its up to theatre t depict that so humans can make a change in their actions.
4) Proving that a robot and any type of machinery can feel sounds like a hard task to me but if it were proven, I would have to give them the benefit of the doubt. If something feels pain I think it should at least be respected enough that people wont bring arbitrary pain in it life. That doesn’t mean its a person if it feels it just means it has the right to be respected by others.
6) Because they are artificial intelligence I would automatically say no. The world artificial means they are not real, maybe they feel, ok then they be given respect but that’s it. As we see today technology can screw up or malfucntion at any moment, so they couldn’t be very trust worthy. Being part of the UN is a big deal, they would have to make very important decisions which himans cannot relie on a robot for.
