e all Hals decisions are in terms of completing the mission, he has a very low ontological conception and thus should not be blamed for the deaths of the crewmen. According to Dennett, in order to be culpable of moral responsibility one must have higher order intentionality. This means it must be capable or framing beliefs about its own beliefs, desires about its own desires, beliefs about its fears about it thoughts about its hopes. When Hal states, " Dave, I don't understand why you're doing this to me. I have the greatest enthusiasm for the mission... You are destroying my mind... Don't you understand. I will become childish. I will become nothing, it is obvious that Hal is a higher order intentional creature. While Hal is capable of moral responsibility because the fact he has higher order intentionality, he must than also be capable of recognizing emotions. When Hal states to Dave after Franks death , " Dave? Dave? . Look Dave, I can see youre really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over", we can see Hal can recognize Daves emotional state. Although Hal can recognize his emotion, Hal cannot recommend an intelligent course of action to help Dave. This promotes the fact that Hal has a lack of emotional intelligence. Page 3Another example of Hal lacking emotional intelligence is present when Hal states, "Dave, I don't know how else to put this, but it just happens to be an unalterable fact that I am incapable of being wrong." If Hal were intelligent he would have to realize the possibility of error and being wrong. As Penrose states, " If a machine is to be infallible it cannot also be intelligent." If Hal is not emotionally intelligent, he cannot be held accountable for the deaths of the crewmembers on the Discovery. Daniel Goleman says, " Emotional intelligence goes beyond recognizing, expressing, and having emotions. It requires knowledge and wisdom about how t...
