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The Ambiguous Ethical Status of Autonomous Robots
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This paper will present the argument that the ethical status of autonomous robots, both as ethical agents and objects of ethical consideration, will be based on, but not identical to, the ethical status of their makers, operators, and those people and other machines that will interact with them.
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John P. Sullins
John P. Sullins, Ph.D., Binghamton University (SUNY), 2002).He teaches CyberEthics, Logic, Critical Thinking, Philosophy of Science and Technology and Philosophy and Robotics. His recent research interests are computer ethics and the philosophical implications of emerging technologies such as Robotics, AI and Artificial Life.