Preface
1: Who Machine Morality?
2: Engineering Morality
3: Do We Want Computers Making Moral Decisions
4: Can (Ro)bots Really be Moral?
5: Philosophers, Engineers, and the Design of Artificial Moral
Agents;
6: Top Down Morality
7: Bottom-Up and Developmental Approaches
8: Merging Top Down and Bottom Up
9: Beyond Vaporware?
10: Beyond Reason
11: A More Human-Like AMA
12: Beyond the Beyond: Managing Dangers, Rights, and
Responsibilities
Epilogue
Wendell Wallach is a consultant and writer and is affiliated with
Yale University's Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics.
Colin Allen is a Professor of History & Philosophy of Science and
of Cognitive Science at Indiana University
"An invaluable guide to avoiding the stuff of science-fiction
nightmares."--John Gilby, Times Higher Education
"Moral Machines is a fine introduction to the emerging field of
robot ethics. There is much here that will interest ethicists,
philosophers, cognitive scientists, and roboticists."--Peter
Danielson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"Written with an abundance of examples and lessons learned,
scenarios of incidents that may happen, and elaborate discussions
on existing artificial agents on the cutting edge of
research/practice, Moral Machines goes beyond what is known as
computer ethics into what will soon be called the discipline of
machine morality. Highly recommended."--G. Trajkovski, CHOICE
"The book does succeed in making the essential point that the
phrase 'moral machine' is not an oxymoron. It also provides a
window onto an area of research with which psychologists are
unlikely to be familiar and one from which, at some point, we may
be able to learn quite a lot."--PsycCRITIQUES
"In a single, thought-provoking volume, the authors not only
introduce machine ethics, but also an inquiry that penetrates to
the deepest foundations of ethics. The conscientious reader will,
no doubt, find many challenging ideas here that will require a
reassessment of her own beliefs, making this text a "must read"
among recent books in philosophy and, more specifically, applied
ethics."--Tony Beavers, Ethics and Information Technology
"... Moral Machines raises a host of interesting and stimulating
philosophical questions and engineering problems, and highlights
likely important future debates-- which is a great success for a
book that comes on the brink of a field that is likely to surge in
popularity in the upcoming decade. Wallach and Allen do so with a
clarity and structure that makes their book simultaneously
informative and enjoyable to read. Overall, this book is highly
recommended reading for all those who already have an interest in
the field of machine morality or for those who desire to develop an
interest in the field." -- Philosophical Psychology
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