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ROBOT ETHICS - MARK COECKELBERGH TASCHENBUCH

A guide to the ethical questions that arise from our use of industrial robots  robot companions
self-driving cars  and other robotic devices. Does a robot have moral agency? Can it be held
responsible for its actions? Do humans owe robots anything? Will robots take our jobs? These
are some of the ethical and moral quandaries that we should address now  as robots and other
intelligent devices become more widely used and more technically sophisticated. In this volume
in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series  philosopher Mark Coeckelbergh does just that. He
considers a variety of robotics technologies and applications-from robotic companions to
military drones-and identifies the ethical implications of their use. Questions of robot ethics
he argues  are not just about robots but  crucially and importantly  are about humans as well.
Coeckelbergh examines industrial robots and their potential to take over tasks from humans 
social robots and possible risks to privacy  and robots in health care and their effect on
quality of care. He considers whether a machine can be moral  or have morality built in  how we
ascribe moral status  and if machines should be allowed to make decisions about life and death.
When we discuss robot ethics from a philosophical angle  Coeckelbergh argues  robots can
function as mirrors for reflecting on the human. Robot ethics is more than applied ethics  it
is a way of doing philosophy.

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