1st Edition

Ethics for Robots How to Design a Moral Algorithm

By Derek Leben Copyright 2019
166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

Ethics for Robots describes and defends a method for designing and evaluating ethics algorithms for autonomous machines, such as self-driving cars and search and rescue drones. Derek Leben argues that such algorithms should be evaluated by how effectively they accomplish the problem of cooperation among self-interested organisms, and therefore, rather than simulating the psychological systems... Read more

Introduction

1. Moral Psychology

2. Cooperation Problems

3. Theories

4. Contractarianism

5. Ethics Engines

6. Avoiding Collisions

7. Saving Lives

8. Keeping the Peace

Conclusion.

Glossary

Index

Biography

Derek Leben is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, USA.