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Robots and dignity from an Afro-communitarian perspective
Thesis (PhD (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/97053 Robots and dignity from an Afro-communitarian perspective Ruttkamp-Bloem, Emma samuelmaiyane@gmail.com Metz, Thaddeus Maiyane, Karabo Samuel UCTD Human dignity Afro-communitarianism Human robot interaction Care robots Autonomous weapon systems Ethics of artificial intelligence Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-04: Quality education Humanities theses SDG-04 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 SDG-03: Good health and well-being Humanities theses SDG-03 Thesis (PhD (Philosophy))--University of Pretoria, 2024. One of the criticisms raised against using technologies powered with artificial intelligence (AI) is that some of their uses would undermine human dignity. This argument is prevalent in healthcare and military robotics, where it is argued that the use of these AI technologies in various domains undermines or violates the dignity of those human beings who are in contact with them. In this thesis, I look to investigate Under which conditions various AI technologies would undermine human dignity. To answer this question, I first develop an African communitarian conception of dignity, which I will then use to evaluate the impact of AI technologies on dignity in the domains of healthcare and warfare. What is different about communitarian conceptions proposed here is that they prize different normative values, such as community over individual interest and duties over rights. In my conception, I argue that one has dignity when they have the capacity for communal relationships as subjects or objects. To honour this dignity, this dignity is respecting other agents’ capacity. Based on this evaluation, I argue that there are clear cases where AI technologies would undermine dignity, just as there are also clear cases where their use would enhance it. This thesis contributes to the philosophical discourse in two main ways. First, it advances an African Communitarian conception of dignity as a plausible conception to evaluate the impact of AI technologies on human dignity. Secondly, it evaluates the impact of dignity using the proposed conception formulated, bringing out relational considerations that have not been salient in debates up to now. NIHSS Philosophy PhD (Philosophy) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities 2024-07-16T12:45:07Z 2024-07-16T12:45:07Z 2024-09 2024-04 Thesis * S2024 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97053 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.26302417 en © 2023 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 | UCTD Human dignity Afro-communitarianism Human robot interaction Care robots Autonomous weapon systems Ethics of artificial intelligence Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-04: Quality education Humanities theses SDG-04 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 SDG-03: Good health and well-being Humanities theses SDG-03 Robots and dignity from an Afro-communitarian perspective |
| title | Robots and dignity from an Afro-communitarian perspective |
| title_full | Robots and dignity from an Afro-communitarian perspective |
| title_fullStr | Robots and dignity from an Afro-communitarian perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Robots and dignity from an Afro-communitarian perspective |
| title_short | Robots and dignity from an Afro-communitarian perspective |
| title_sort | robots and dignity from an afro communitarian perspective |
| topic | UCTD Human dignity Afro-communitarianism Human robot interaction Care robots Autonomous weapon systems Ethics of artificial intelligence Sustainable development goals (SDGs) SDG-04: Quality education Humanities theses SDG-04 SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions Humanities theses SDG-16 SDG-03: Good health and well-being Humanities theses SDG-03 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/97053 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.26302417 |