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Humans and Robots
Ethics, Agency, and Anthropomorphism
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2020
Summary
Can robots perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends, perhaps fall in love, or potentially harm us? Even before these things truly happen, ethical and philosophical questions already arise. The reason is that we humans have a tendency to spontaneously attribute minds and “agency” to anything even remotely humanlike. Moreover, some people already say that robots should be our companions and have rights. Others say that robots should be slaves. This book tackles emerging ethical issues about human beings, robots, and agency head on. It explores the ethics of creating robots that are, or appear to be, decision-making agents. From military robots to self-driving cars to care robots or even sex robots equipped with artificial intelligence: how should we interpret the apparent agency of such robots? This book argues that we need to explore how human beings can best coordinate and collaborate with robots in responsible ways. It investigates ethically important differences between human agency and robot agency to work towards an ethics of responsible human-robot interaction.
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2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-78661-226-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-78661-228-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
237
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Acknowledgments No access
1 Human Minds Meet Artificial Intelligence No access Pages 13 - 38
2 Artificial Agency, Human Responsibility No access Pages 39 - 62
3 Human-Robot Collaborations and Responsibility Gaps No access Pages 63 - 90
4 Human-Robot Coordination No access Pages 91 - 116
5 Robotic Relationships No access Pages 117 - 140
6 Robotic Mind-Reading No access Pages 141 - 164
7 Robot Virtues and Duties No access Pages 165 - 192
