What Is Ethics?

Christoph Bartneck; Christoph Lütge; Alan Wagner; Sean Welsh

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51110-4_3

What Is Ethics?

Christoph Bartneck, Christoph Lütge, Alan Wagner, Sean Welsh

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the theories that form the basis of the ethical review of robots and AI systems. We introduce the major approaches to moral theory (deontology, consequentialism and virtue ethics) and discuss the relation of ethics to law. Finally, we discuss how these theories might be implemented in a machine to enable it to make ethical decisions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	SpringerBriefs in Ethics
Publisher	Springer Nature
Pages	17-26
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51110-4_3
State	Published - 2021

Publication series

Name	SpringerBriefs in Ethics
ISSN (Print)	2211-8101
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-811X

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Philosophy
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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10.1007/978-3-030-51110-4_3

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