[Dimensio]

Robots can't love.

Ah, so he wants respect and love in addition to obedience. An ego-maniac, then.

[MitchellC]

Egotism is defined as having an "inflated sense of one's own importance." Inflated meaning 'exaggerated.' I don't think that applies to an omniscient being who sees things perfectly.

Besides, it isn't said that the respect and love are in addition to obedience; they're one in the same.

Additionally, on what grounds do you, the admitted relativist, have to place an objective negative value on egotism anyway?

[cornelis]

An ego-maniac

Ah, don't be so harsh. Think of him like the moon. It's smiling face sets the terms if you care to land on it.

Nature and ego are identities; self-possession is redundancy; a cosmological view must recognize a measure of sovereignty in a plural world.