Legal vs. ethical obligations – a comment on the EPSRC's principles for robotics. Issue 2 (3rd April 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Müller, Vincent C.
• Is Part Of: Connection science. Volume 29:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 137
• Page End: 141
• Publication Date: 2017-04-03
• Subjects: Robot ethics -- robot law -- principles of robotics -- legal obligation -- killer robots; Neural computers -- Periodicals; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; Cognitive science -- Periodicals; Connectionism -- Periodicals; 006.3
• DOI: 10.1080/09540091.2016.1276516
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-0091

Abstract

ABSTRACT: While the 2010 EPSRC principles for robotics state a set of five rules of what "should" be done, I argue they should differentiate between legal obligations and ethical demands. Only if we make this difference can we state clearly what the legal obligations already are, and what additional ethical demands we want to make. I provide suggestions how to revise the rules in this light and how to make them more structured.