Information, Ethics, and Computers: The Problem of Autonomous Moral Agents

Minds and Machines

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-83

  Stahl, Bernd Carsten ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomous moral agent; Ethics; Information; Meaning; Morality; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; DATA PROCESSING; INFORMATION THEORY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

ANTHROPOLOGY; AUTONOMOUS MORAL AGENTS (AMA); ETHICS; INFORMATION PROCESSORS; METAPHYSICS; MORAL RESPONSIBILITY; MORAL TURING TESTS; MORALITY;

COMPUTERS;

EID: 0942266539     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MIND.0000005136.61217.93     Document Type: Review

References (42)

1. Allen, C. (2002), 'Calculated Morality: Ethical Computing in the Limit', in I. Smit and G.E. Lasker, eds., Cognitive, Emotive and Ethical Aspects of Decision Making and Human Action, Volume I (Workshop Proceedings, Baden-Baden, 31.07.-01.08.2002), pp. 19-23.
2. Allen, C. et al. (2000), 'Prolegomena to Any Future Artificial Moral Agent', Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence 12, pp. 251-261.
3. Apel, K.-O. (1988), Diskurs und Verantwortung: das Problem des Übergangs zur postkonventionellen Moral, 3rd edition, 1997, Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp.
4. Bechtel, W. (1985), 'Attributing Responsibility to Computer Systems', Metaphilosophy 16(4), pp. 296-305.
5. Bloomfeld, B.P. and Coombs, R. (1992), 'Information Technology, Control, and Power: The Centralization and Decentralization Debate Revisited', Journal of Management Studies 29(4), pp. 459-484.
6. Brooks, R. (2002), Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us, New York: Pantheon.
7. Castells, M. (2000), The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture. Volume I: The Rise of the Network Society, 2nd edition, Oxford: Blackwell.
8. Davenport, T.H. and Prusak, L. (1998), Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know, Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
9. Dreyfus, H L. (1993), What Computers Still Can't Do, Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press.
10. Floridi, L. (forthcoming), 'Is Semantic Information Meaningful Data?' in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
11. Floridi, L. (2002), 'What Is the Philosophy of Information?' Metaphilosophy 33(1/2), pp. 123-145.
12. Floridi, L. and Sanders J.W. (2001), 'On the Morality of Artificial Agents', in L. Introna and A. Marturano, eds., Proceedings Computer Ethics: Philosophical Enquiry - IT and the Body, Lancaster, pp. 84-106.
13. French, J.A. (1990), The Business Knowledge Investment: Building Architected Information, Engle-wood Cliffs, NJ: Yourdon Press.
14. Gadamer, H.-G. (1990), Wahrheit und Methode, Tübingen: J.C.B. Mohr
15. Gotterbarn, D. (2002), 'The Ethical Computer Grows Up: Automating Ethical Decisions', in I. Alvarez et al., eds., The Transformation of Organisations in the Information Age: Social and Ethical Implications, Proceedings of the sixth ETHICOMP Conference, 13-15 November 2002, Lisbon, Portugal, Lisbon: Universidade Lusiada, pp. 125-141
16. Grint, K. and Woolgar, S. (1997), The Machine at Work: Technology, Work, and Organization, Cambridge: Blackwell.
17. Habermas, J. (1991), Erläuterungen zur Diskursethik, Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp.
18. Habermas, J. (1983), Moralbewußtsein und kommunikatives Handeln., Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp.
19. Halévy, E. (1904/1995), La formation du radicalisme philosophique (I-III), Paris: Presses universitaires de France.
20. Heidegger, M. (1993), Sein und Zeit, 17th edition, Tübingen: Max Niemeyer.
21. Höffe, O. (1992), Lexikon der Ethik, 4th edition, München: Beck.
22. Introna, L. (1997), Management, Information and Power: A narrative of the involved manager, London: MacMillan.
23. Johnson, D.G. (2001), Computer Ethics, 3rd edition, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
24. Jordan, N. (1963), 'Allocation of Functions Between Man and Machines in Automated Systems', Journal of Applied Psychology 47(3), pp. 161-165.
25. Kant, I. (1995), Kritik der praktischen Vernunft, Grundlegung zur Metaphysik der Sitten, Frankfurt a. M.: Suhrkamp Taschenbuch Wissenschaft.
26. Ladd, J. (2000), 'Ethics and the Computer World - A new challenge for philosophers', in R.M. Baird, R. Ramsower and S.E. Rosenbaum, eds., Cyberethics - Social and Moral Issues in the Computer Age., New York: Prometheus Books, pp. 44-55.
27. Lenk, H. (1994), Macht und Machbarkeit der Technik, Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun.
28. Mason, R.O., Mason, F. and Culnan, M.J. (1995), Ethics of Information Management, Thousand Oaks, London, New Delhi: SAGE.
29. Mason, R.O. (1986), 'Four Ethical Issues of the Information Age', MIS Quarterly 10, pp. 5-12.
30. Mill, J.S. (1976), Der Utilitarismus, Stuttgart: Reclam Verlag.
31. Moor, J.H. (2000), 'Toward a Theory of Privacy in the Information Age', in R.M. Baird, R. Ramsower and S.E. Rosenbaum, eds., Cyberethics - Social and Moral Issues in the Computer Age, New York: Prometheus Books, pp. 200-212.
32. Mowbray, M. (2002), 'Ethics for Bots', in I. Smit and G.E. Lasker, eds., Cognitive, Emotive and Ethical Aspects of Decision Making and Human Action, Volume I (Workshop Proceedings, Baden-Baden, 31.07.-01.08.2002), pp. 24-28.
33. Scanlan, M. (2000), 'Does Computer Ethics Compute?' in R.M. Baird, R. Ramsower and S.E. Rosenbaum, eds., Cyberethics - Social and Moral Issues in the Computer Age, New York: Prometheus Books, pp. 41-43.
34. Stahl, B.C. (2001), 'Constructing a Brave New IT-World: Will the Computer Finally Become a Subject of Responsibility?' in R. Hackney and D. Dunn, eds., Constructing IS Futures - 11th Annual BIT2001 Conference, Manchester, UK, 30-31 October 2001.
35. Stahl, B.C. (2000), 'Das kollektive Subjekt der Verantwortung', in Zeitschrift für Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik 1/2, pp. 225-236.
36. Stewart, I. (1997), 'Mathematische Unterhaltungen', Spektrum der Wissenschaft 7, p. 8.
37. Stichler, R.N. (1998), 'Ethics in the Information Market', in R.N. Stichler, and R. Hauptman, eds., Ethics, Information and Technology: Readings, Jefferson, NC: MacFarland & Company, pp. 169-183.
38. Turing, A.M. (1950), 'Computing Machinery and Intelligence', Mind 59, pp. 433-460.
39. Ulrich, W. (2001), 'A Philosophical Staircase for Information Systems Definition, Design, and Development', Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application 3(3), pp. 55-84.
40. Wiener, N. (1954), The Human Use of Human Beings - Cybernetics and Society, Garden City, NY: Doubleday Anchor Books.
41. Wittgenstein, L. (2001), Philosophical Investigations/Philosopische Untersuchungen (translated by G.E.M. Anscombe), 3rd edition, Oxford: Blackwell.
42. Zerdick, A. et al., (2001), European Communication Councel Report: Die Internet-Ökonomie: Strategien für die digitale Wirtschaft, 3rd edition, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer