Beyond the skin bag: On the moral responsibility of extended agencies

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-99

  Hanson, F Allan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Actor network; Cyborg; Deserts; Extended agency; Freedom; Methodological individualism; Moral responsibility; Responsibility of computers

Indexed keywords

ACTOR-NETWORK; DESERTS; EXTENDED AGENCY; FREEDOM; METHODOLOGICAL INDIVIDUALISM; MORAL RESPONSIBILITY;

ARID REGIONS;

CYBORGS;

EID: 61649113148     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-009-9184-z     Document Type: Article

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