TITE 6 - Moral Agency in Machines

Philosophical Disquisitions by John Danaher

Dec 19, 2023Education

In this episode, Sven and John discuss the controversy arising from the idea moral agency in machines. What is an agent? What is a moral agent? Is it possible to create a machine with a sense of moral agency? Is this des...

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