306 Chapter 6: Love's Labor Lost (10pts)

  • Write all answers in your bound journal
  • Make it NEAT and in COMPLETE SENTENCES, and clearly number the questions you are answering.
  • Develop your thought, and be ready to share your answer in class.
  • -2pt if you do not title and date the entry
  • -1pt (per infraction) if you do not clearly number the questions for your responses
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  1. Watch the My Real Baby ad below. How would you feel about your grandparents developing a relationship with this doll?

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  2. Watch the video below and write your feelings about Paro.

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  3. What are you feelings after watching elderly people interact with Paro?

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  4. What is the current alternative to Paro?
  5. Read the paragraph below and explain your position on this philosophical argument

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  6. Do a PRO and CON reaction to Paro using this famous quote: "Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members." ~Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), My Several Worlds [1954].

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  7. Some critics could find the use of a "paro-type" robot to be an affront to the core of humanity "caring for those most in need" would a Paro type entity have been needed 70 years ago? 200 years ago? 1000 years ago? What deeply disturbing problem is manifest in the development and need for Paro in modern society?

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  8. Counteract the argument you presented in number 7.

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  9. Explain the potential damages to Paro and Mr Real Baby with the story of Edna and Amy.

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  10. Explain Paro and My Real Baby to Maslow's pyramid

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