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Patrick Lin is a professor of philosophy at California Polytechnic State University, specializing in ethics and emerging technologies. Keith Abney is a lecturer in philosophy at the same institution, focusing on applied ethics.
Known for: Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics
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Robot Ethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics
This book explores the ethical and social questions that arise from the increasing use of robots in society, including industrial robots, robot companions, and autonomous vehicles. It brings together leading scholars from science, engineering, philosophy, and the humanities to discuss topics such as robot rights, warfare, privacy, and the moral status of artificial agents.
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The Emergence of Robot Ethics
The roots of robot ethics stretch back not only to the dawn of the robotic age but to the very origins of our moral reflection on invention. From Asimov’s fictional laws of robotics to the first industrial machines, society has always wrestled with how human responsibility extends through our creati...
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Moral Agency and Responsibility
At the heart of robot ethics lies one persistent question: can a robot be a moral agent? In human ethics, moral agency requires two capacities—the ability to understand right and wrong, and the freedom to act upon that knowledge. Robots, however advanced, operate within programmed parameters and con...
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About Patrick Lin, Keith Abney, George A. Bekey
Patrick Lin is a professor of philosophy at California Polytechnic State University, specializing in ethics and emerging technologies. Keith Abney is a lecturer in philosophy at the same institution, focusing on applied ethics. George A. Bekey is professor emeritus of computer science at the Univers...
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Patrick Lin is a professor of philosophy at California Polytechnic State University, specializing in ethics and emerging technologies. Keith Abney is a lecturer in philosophy at the same institution, focusing on applied ethics. George A. Bekey is professor emeritus of computer science at the Univers...
Patrick Lin is a professor of philosophy at California Polytechnic State University, specializing in ethics and emerging technologies. Keith Abney is a lecturer in philosophy at the same institution, focusing on applied ethics. George A. Bekey is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Southern California and a pioneer in robotics research.
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Patrick Lin is a professor of philosophy at California Polytechnic State University, specializing in ethics and emerging technologies. Keith Abney is a lecturer in philosophy at the same institution, focusing on applied ethics.
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