The Machine Question: Critical Perspectives on AI, Robots, and Ethics

by David J. Gunkel

Book Overview

An investigation into the assignment of moral responsibilities and rights to intelligent and autonomous machines of our own making. One of the enduring concerns of moral philosophy is deciding who or what is deserving of ethical consideration. Much recent attention has been devoted to the "animal question" -- consideration of the moral status of nonhuman animals. In this book, David Gunkel takes up the "machine question": whether and to what extent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262017431
• ISBN13: 9780262017435
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher