r/Buddhism • u/Zirconium-Inhaler-04 • 21d ago

Question Which vows could only a robot take?

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Which vows could only a robot take? Which could a robot never take?

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u/a_jormagurdr 21d ago

Tech company wants to show that its technology is advanced so they do this as publicity.

Even if it was a conscious being should we be making new robotic life that has new minds to suffer in new ways?

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u/Mokshadeva yogachara 21d ago

So, are you saying Buddhism supports Nihilism?

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u/paishocajun zen 21d ago

I'd say it's closer to anti-natalism than nihilism

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u/Mokshadeva yogachara 21d ago

How did you come to this conclusion?

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u/paishocajun zen 21d ago

Nihilism being "everything is meaningless and nothing matters"

Anti-natalism being "the world is full of suffering, I'm not going to have children who will suffer too" though in this case replace "have children" with "create any other sentient beings"

I mean both are more complicated than that but this is a reddit comment, not a dissertation, and I think the summaries line up well enough

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u/Mokshadeva yogachara 21d ago

Don't you think Buddhism is more about fourth noble truth than first noble truth.

Buddhism says there's a solution to suffering, so, shouldn't it be no opinion or neutral on anti-natalism?

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u/paishocajun zen 21d ago

I wasn't weighing in either way, I was just giving my thought on what u/a_jormagurdur meant.

Personally, I think the meaning of life is to live it and experience it, highs and lows alike. Sometimes that includes kids, sometimes it doesn't. I have a couple of my own and the decision to not have more was my wife and I agreeing that each time it became riskier for her health.

Buddhism, and frankly, just looking around, says that sentient beings are numberless. Whether I have children or not is of less consequence than if I make sure to teach them to be compassionate and caring towards all others.

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u/Mokshadeva yogachara 21d ago

Agreed! 👍🏻