A wide range of positions on machine ethics are possible, and a discussion of the issue
could rapidly propel us into deep and unsettled philosophical issues. Perhaps,
understandably, few in the scientific arena pursue the issue of machine ethics. You're ...

The new field of machine ethics is concerned with giving machines ethical principles, or a
procedure for discovering a way to resolve the ethical dilemmas they might encounter,
enabling them to function in an ethically responsible manner through their own ethical ...

Abstract The newly emerging field of machine ethics (Anderson and Anderson 2006) is
concerned with adding an ethical dimension to machines. Unlike computer ethics--which
has traditionally focused on ethical issues surrounding humans' use of machines-- ...

Trolley cases, first introduced by philosopher Philippa Foot in 19671 and a staple of
introductory ethics courses, have multiplied in the past four decades. What if it'sa bystander,
rather than the driver, who has the power to switch the trolley's course? What if preventing ...

Abstract We contend that the ethical ramifications of machine behavior, as well as recent
and potential developments in machine autonomy, necessitate adding an ethical dimension
to at least some machines. We lay the theoretical foundation for machine ethics by ...

Abstract This paper is a summary and evaluation of work presented at the AAAI 2005 Fall
Symposium on Machine Ethics that brought together participants from the fields of Computer
Science and Philosophy to the end of clarifying the nature of this newly emerging field and ...

Abstract Many researchers have argued that a self-improving artificial intelligence (AI) could
become so vastly more powerful than humans that we would not be able to stop it from
achieving its goals. If so, and if the AI's goals differ from ours, then this could be disastrous ...

Abstract That the successful development of fully autonomous artificial moral agents (AMAs)
is imminent is becoming the received view within artificial intelligence research and robotics.
The discipline of Machines Ethics, whose mandate is to create such ethical robots, is ...

Abstract This paper discusses the ethics underlying the occupational repertoire of the post‐
industrial citizen, giving attention to lifestyle phenomena such as increased tempo and
quantity of occupations; manipulation of time, organisms and environments; decreases in ...

Abstract Machine ethics and robot rights are quickly becoming hot topics in artificial
intelligence/robotics communities. We will argue that the attempts to allow machines to make
ethical decisions or to have rights are misguided. Instead we propose a new science of ...