Tag: "ethics"

Thus Conscience Doth Make Crickets of Us All

Tim Madigan is startled by the form of the angel on his shoulder.
[Issue 74: July/August 2009: Food for Thought]

There Will Be Blood

Terri Murray tells us about a Hollywood hero beyond good and evil.
[Issue 74: July/August 2009: Films]

Kant By Default (Shameless Commerce Division)

by Joel Marks
[Issue 73: May/June 2009: Moral Moments]

Hitting Bedrock, Practicing Ethics

The birth of his son forces Miguel Martinez-Saenz to find out if being philosophical helps when it really matters.
[Issue 73: May/June 2009: Articles]

The Conscience Of The Machine

by Wendell Wallach
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Editorial]

The Challenge of Moral Machines

Wendell Wallach tells us what the basic problems are.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Machine Morality]

Will Robots Need Their Own Ethics?

Steve Torrance asks if robots need minds to be moral producers or moral consumers.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Machine Morality]

Four Kinds of Ethical Robots

James H. Moor defines different ways in which machines could be moral.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Machine Morality]

Machines and Moral Reasoning

Thomas M. Powers on how a computer might process Kant’s moral imperative.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Machine Morality]

How Machines Can Advance Ethics

Susan Leigh Anderson and Michael Anderson relate how their attempts to build ethical machines have advanced their understanding of ethics.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Machine Morality]

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