BLESSU-2

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PEPPER
 1. What is the emerging
ethical dilemma all about?

In the same way Luther used

the emerging technologies of
his day, the church’s robot has
sparked conversation and
debate; this time, addressing
the relationships between
humans and machines and
whether they might lead the
church to a technological
reformation.
 2. What factors or events
led to this dilemma?
Buddhists around the world
celebrate festivals that honor
printing blocks and dolls, and
the Dalai Lama has expressed
the idea that consciousness
could enter a machine, he said.
Even Christian churches in the
U.S. host events like “the
blessing of the bicycles.”
 3. What are the societal
implications of this
dilemma?
Researchers at Siegen
University and Würzberg
University, in Germany, have
recently carried out a study
investigating the user
experience and acceptability
associated with the use of
social robots in religious
contexts.
 4. Why is it important to question
the moral and ethical issues
surrounding innovations in science
and technology?
It is very important to know
because science and technology
has a wide variety of
information's. In the world where
we are living in, from the past
years and up until now.
5. In the face of this dilemma,
why is it important to study
STS?
As stated in the dilemma, in short,
robots are taking over and control of
mankind. It is also stated that robots
are invading social spaces. as we can all
see and observe in our era, technology
has been really vital to people. In the
last 20th century, people mostly say
that with the use of technology, we
could live life with ease as this so
called advanced technology started.