How to be a responsible slave: Managing the use of expert information systems

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-90

  Rooksby, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epistemic dependence; Epistemic enslavement; Expert information systems; Expert systems; Moral autonomy; Moral responsibility

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMIC DEPENDENCES; EPISTEMIC ENSLAVEMENT; MORAL AUTONOMY; MORAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EXPERT SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 61549133570     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-009-9183-0     Document Type: Article

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