Toward a coherent account of moral agency

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Abstract

Johnson and Noorman's (2014) account of agency provides us with an understanding of how we may have agents without mental states, and therefore gives a more nuanced account of the moral roles that Artificial Agents (AAs) may perform. However, this account only provides a truncated understanding of the potential for Artificial Moral Agents (AMAs). In order for an entity to be considered a real moral agent, on their account, it must still have some form of intentionality, and it is the specific sense of intentionality argued for by Johnson (2006) that I claim is at issue.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the South African Forum for Artificial Intelligence Research
EditorsMarelie Davel, Etienne Barnard
PublisherCEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org)
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2019
EventSouth African Forum for Artificial Intelligence Research - Cape Town, South Africa
Duration: 4 Dec 20196 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameCEUR Workshop Proceedings
Volume2540
ISSN (Electronic)1613-0073

Conference

ConferenceSouth African Forum for Artificial Intelligence Research
Abbreviated titleFAIR 2019
Country/TerritorySouth Africa
CityCape Town
Period4/12/196/12/19

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