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Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/76011 Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts Ruttkamp-Bloem, Emma bamabaso@gmail.com Moodley, Deshen Mabaso, Bongani Andy Philosophy Ethical Robots Computational rationality Ethics algorithms UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2020. As increasingly intelligent and autonomous robots continue to proliferate into every area of modern life, there is no doubt that society has to think deeply about the potential impact, whether negative or positive, that this will have on ordinary everyday contexts. One of the most urgent societal expectations for these robots is the need for them to behave in a manner that is respecting of human moral values. In response to this challenge, the field of machine ethics began with the goal of developing robots capable of making moral decisions. This work addresses the challenge by proposing that Exemplarist Virtue Ethics (or simply exemplarism), an ethical theory based on virtue ethics, is a viable, suitable and alternative framework for building ethical robots. Exemplarism is a moral theory that grounds key moral concepts (e.g. virtue, right act, etc.) by direct reference to exemplars of moral goodness. Essentially, it proposes that agents can develop their moral character by following the example of morally admirable agents in society. This work will demonstrate how an exemplar- ist machine ethics framework presents several advantages to building ethical robots over traditional approaches based on consequentialism and deontology. Specifically, exemplarism not only helps us formalise the concept of artificial moral agency more coherently, but it also lends itself to be a technically feasible approach for building ethical robots. This thesis will, therefore, also demonstrate the technical feasibility of actually building an exemplarist AMA and suggest ways in which it could be further improved. Since exemplarism has scarcely been applied to this area in prior literature, this thesis will provide an alternative perspective to the machine ethics project, which, in some small way can help to advance the field forward. Philosophy PhD Unrestricted 2020-09-01T06:29:08Z 2020-09-01T06:29:08Z 2020-09 2020-08 Thesis Mabaso, BA 2020, Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76011> S2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76011 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Philosophy Ethical Robots Computational rationality Ethics algorithms UCTD Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts |
| title | Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts |
| title_full | Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts |
| title_fullStr | Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts |
| title_short | Robots are not ethical like people : an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts |
| title_sort | robots are not ethical like people an exemplarist framework for functional ethics in everyday robots in ordinary contexts |
| topic | Philosophy Ethical Robots Computational rationality Ethics algorithms UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76011 |