The condition of having ever been run might be significant, perhaps more so than having a preserved definition readily available. So the counterpart of moral worth of a simulacrum in itself might be the moral worth of its continued presence in the world, the denial and reversal of death rather than empowerment of potential life. In this view, the fact of a simulacrum’s previous presence/influence in the world is what makes its continued presence/influence valuable.
agreed that preservation vs running are very different.
The condition of having ever been run might be significant, perhaps more so than having a preserved definition readily available. So the counterpart of moral worth of a simulacrum in itself might be the moral worth of its continued presence in the world, the denial and reversal of death rather than empowerment of potential life. In this view, the fact of a simulacrum’s previous presence/influence in the world is what makes its continued presence/influence valuable.