In this book, the extend to which we can equip artificial agents with moral reasoning capacity is investigated. Attempting to create artificial age...
Of the products that are designed and built an increasing number consists of (quasi-) autonomous agents. These can be robots and software agents or (soft)bots. A distinctive characteristic is that they will function outside direct human control. As part of their operation they will have to incorporate moral valuations and decision-making. This type of agent has been described by Jim Moor as explicit ethical agents. The autonomous moral decision-making is both unavoidable and desirable. It will help us construct technologies that we can trust. This research track focuses on what it takes to enable artificial agents to act morally responsibly. Key items in this research are the modeling and implementation of moral knowledge and moral (constrained) actioning.
In this book, the extend to which we can equip artificial agents with moral reasoning capacity is investigated. Attempting to create artificial age...


