A challenge for machine ethics

Minds and Machines

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-438

  Tonkens, Ryan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial moral agents; Ethical consistency; Kantian morality; Machine Ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; GAINING MOMENTUM; MORAL AGENTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ROBOTS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 71149115886     PISSN: 09246495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11023-009-9159-1     Document Type: Article

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