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The Possibilities of Machine Morality

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This book argues that morality is broader and more diverse than its human manifestation. Through detailed analyses of core moral concepts like agency and responsibility, it uses the hypothetical pe...
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This book argues that morality is broader and more diverse than its human manifestation. By examining core moral concepts from the hypothetical perspective of machine morality, it reveals that features we take to be fundamental to morality are in fact contingent on human limitation. Rather than asking whether machines can be moral, or how to make them so, this work uses machine morality as a philosophical lens to explore the conceptual boundaries of morality itself. The result is a new understanding of both the constraints that shape human moral thinking and the wider space of moral possibilities that lies beyond them. In doing so, it not only challenges unexamined assumptions in both moral theory and artificial intelligence (AI) ethics but also demonstrates how the otherness of machine morality provides an opportunity for philosophical discovery.

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Price: £80.00
Pages: 200
Publisher: Anthem Press
Imprint: Anthem Press
Series: Anthem Advances in AI and Innovation
Publication Date: 12 January 2027
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9781801360968
Format: Hardcover
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PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, COMPUTERS / Artificial Intelligence / General, Artificial intelligence (AI), Impact of science and technology on society

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Jonathan Pengelly is a philosopher specialising in the ethics and philosophy of artificial intelligence. He holds a PhD from Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, where his research examined the metaethical implications of machine morality.