Ethics and artificial life: From modeling to moral agents

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-148

  Sullins, John P ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial life; Ethical status of artificial agents; Machine ethics; Simulating evolutionary ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL AGENTS; ARTIFICIAL LIFE; COMPUTABLE FUNCTIONS; COMPUTER ETHICS; COMPUTER MODELING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER MODELS; ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS; SIMULATING EVOLUTIONARY ETHICS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 33646926672     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-006-0003-5     Document Type: Article

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