Be Right Back with more philosophical values

While I was reading an article about the Uncanny Valley, there was an image of a humanlike robot in the front cover page(a Japanese woman named Repliee Q2). As I scrolled down the page to further comprehend the facts, I attempted to not scroll back up to see the picture. So why am I afraid of this image? I just experienced the Uncanny Valley. Be Right Back is a movie which depicts a female character (Martha) who adapts a robot which looks exactly like her passed away husband. The movie Be Right Back does seemingly relate to the Uncanny Valley through the relationship between Martha and the robot (Ash Clone). However, the intention of this movie does not only involve a struggle which Martha has to face, but also the technological advances which could futuristically dominate the human society. From a philosophical perspective, I would ask whether Martha truly love the real Ash or not. Had she truly loved him, she would have not created an artificial Ash to cope with her grief. It is indeed derived from selfishness rather than respect for the real Ash. Furthermore, by hiding the aesthetic Ash up in the attic indicates that she treats Ash as "merely treating humanity as a means" and not an end-in-itself. She is hindering his "autonomy" and directing his "rationality" to best cope her sadness. Also, by letting her daughter develops a relationship with the humanlike robot is also promoting the pattern of bad faith. Because of these reasons, I have doubted whether Martha had even once considered the best outcome for her dead husband and her daughter or it just because she is selfish. From a viewer's standpoint, the technological advance in this movie is surely a potential, frightening outcome to amuse about. Daniel Swain from the Huffington Post writes that "As opposed to generations past, who feared nuclear obliteration in the quest for infinite, clean energy, or a destruction of agriculture as an accident of ridding humanity of the plague of malaria, we now fear social stagnation as a result of the seemingly benevolent technology we have created." The technology we create dominate us in a way that could cause "social stagnation" which is based on Mill's work, On Liberty. The consequence of the advancement of technology hinders humanity from voicing their opinions on certain topic and also their intelligence. How so? The fact that people who cannot put their phone down at night or those who walk in the hallway unconsciously staring at their phone voice less because they depend on technology. Mill would say that technology is a utility which provide people with pleasures. But does the lower pleasure guarantee happiness eternity. Well, Martha who is still struggling with this lower pleasure seems hesitant when she is walking up the attic. Meanwhile, she needs more of mental cultivation and less of selfishness. Works Cited: Swain, Daniel M. "What Black Mirror Episode Be Right Back Says About Us and Technology." The Huffington Post UK. 2 Dec. 2013. Web. 02 Apr. 2016.