Ethics and Robotics. A First Approach

Clearly, technical and scientific progress and moral progress do not necessarily go hand in hand. Therefore, this article encourages reflection on the new ethical challenges posed by such developments and, in particular, by robotics, a field that has developed greatly in recent decades and that has...

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Main Author: RAFAEL DE ASÍS ROIG
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Jaén 2014-06-01
Series:Age of Human Rights Journal
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Online Access:http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/1400
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spelling doaj-4c685ac7c7d04f94820f9ea2980d53812020-11-24T23:15:40ZengUniversidad de JaénAge of Human Rights Journal2340-95922014-06-012124Ethics and Robotics. A First ApproachRAFAEL DE ASÍS ROIG0Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)Clearly, technical and scientific progress and moral progress do not necessarily go hand in hand. Therefore, this article encourages reflection on the new ethical challenges posed by such developments and, in particular, by robotics, a field that has developed greatly in recent decades and that has led to possibilities unimaginable until recently. Thus, the author examines here the so-called roboethics, its content, the specific fields it addresses –such as social relations and moral agency of robots–, as well as the different approaches and views on these issues. http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/1400ethicsroboticsmoral agenthuman rights
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Age of Human Rights Journal
ethics
robotics
moral agent
human rights
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title Ethics and Robotics. A First Approach
title_short Ethics and Robotics. A First Approach
title_full Ethics and Robotics. A First Approach
title_fullStr Ethics and Robotics. A First Approach
title_full_unstemmed Ethics and Robotics. A First Approach
title_sort ethics and robotics. a first approach
publisher Universidad de Jaén
series Age of Human Rights Journal
issn 2340-9592
publishDate 2014-06-01
description Clearly, technical and scientific progress and moral progress do not necessarily go hand in hand. Therefore, this article encourages reflection on the new ethical challenges posed by such developments and, in particular, by robotics, a field that has developed greatly in recent decades and that has led to possibilities unimaginable until recently. Thus, the author examines here the so-called roboethics, its content, the specific fields it addresses –such as social relations and moral agency of robots–, as well as the different approaches and views on these issues.
topic ethics
robotics
moral agent
human rights
url http://revistaselectronicas.ujaen.es/index.php/TAHRJ/article/view/1400
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