Wallach, Wendell, 1946-

Moral machines : teaching robots right from wrong / Wendell Wallach, Colin Allen. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xi, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-262) and index.

Why machine morality? -- Engineering morality -- Does humanity want computers making moral decisions? -- Can (ro)bots really be moral? -- Philosophers, engineers, and the design of AMAs-- Top-down morality -- Bottom-up and developmental approaches -- Merging top-down and bottom-up -- Beyond vaporware? -- Beyond reason -- A more human-like AMA -- Dangers, rights, and responsibilities.

9780195374049 (cloth : alk. paper) 0195374045 (cloth : alk. paper)

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014799406 Uk


Robotics.
Computers--Social aspects.
Computers--Moral and ethical aspects.

TJ211 / .W36 2009

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