In hearings in the Supreme Court on January 7th, 2022, Justice Sonya Sotomayor asked counsel this question: “How are human beings different from a machine?” The context was the administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses over 100 employees to be enforced through rules written by OSHA. OSHA has near impunity with regulating the safety and use of machines, but the rules are stricter with human beings. Justice Sotomayor made it clear in her line of questioning that she is in favor of the vaccine mandate, so her question boils down to asking why the administration cannot regulate human beings the same way they regulate machines.
Philosophy Matters: Machines and Humans
Philosophy Matters: Machines and Humans
Philosophy Matters: Machines and Humans
In hearings in the Supreme Court on January 7th, 2022, Justice Sonya Sotomayor asked counsel this question: “How are human beings different from a machine?” The context was the administration’s vaccine mandate for businesses over 100 employees to be enforced through rules written by OSHA. OSHA has near impunity with regulating the safety and use of machines, but the rules are stricter with human beings. Justice Sotomayor made it clear in her line of questioning that she is in favor of the vaccine mandate, so her question boils down to asking why the administration cannot regulate human beings the same way they regulate machines.