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machine ethics: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of technology

the effort to give machines ethical principles or procedures so they can make ethically acceptable decisions on their own.

In philosophy of technology, machine ethics refers to the effort to give machines ethical principles or procedures so they can make ethically acceptable decisions on their own. This meaning comes from Anderson (2007/2020) in Machine Ethics and Robot Ethics.[1]

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Anderson, M., & Anderson, S. L. (2020). Machine ethics: Creating an ethical intelligent agent. In Machine Ethics and Robot Ethics (pp. 237-248). Routledge. (Original work published 2007) https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003074991-22

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