Genuinely curious, is there like a simple list of competing ethical frameworks?
replyThere’s a list here, not sure if it’s the best one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normative_ethics
replyNot to drop any spoilers (hide this comment before reading further ....)
replyBut "The Amazing Digital Circus" explores this concept relating to human brain scans, and how the 'simulated' brains would react under simulation.
Similarly, the story Lena by qntm.[1]
replyIt describes in part how some volunteer brain scans are actually quite agreeable to work with until they work for too many hours, and then they get fussy, but it's cool, you can always reboot them. But you need to hide from them the fact that it's been decades since they were scanned and uploaded, or they'll realize how long they've been slaves for.
and both Black Mirror and Westworld explore these same ‘what-if’s’ in turn.
replyIt really does not "explore" the concept, it just features it as a plot element.
replyHonestly pretty funny that you gave a (fairly useless) metaethical answer instead of responding to the actual meaning, which was clearly soliciting ethical judgments about it.
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