Artificial agency, consciousness, and the criteria for moral agency: What properties must an artificial agent have to be a moral agent?

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-29

  Himma, Kenneth Einar ^a  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Agency; Artificial agents; Consciousness; Ethics; Moral agency; Natural agents

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; AGENCY; ARTIFICIAL AGENTS; CONSCIOUSNESS; ETHICS; MORAL AGENCY; NATURAL AGENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 61549106961     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-008-9167-5     Document Type: Article

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