Holding Robots Responsible: The Elements of Machine Morality. Issue 5 (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bigman, Yochanan E.; Waytz, Adam; Alterovitz, Ron; Gray, Kurt
• Is Part Of: Trends in cognitive sciences. Volume 23:Issue 5(2019)
• Page Start: 365
• Page End: 368
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: autonomous machines -- autonomy -- responsibility -- morality; Cognitive science -- Periodicals; Cognitive neuroscience -- Periodicals; 153.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2019.02.008
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-6613

Abstract

Abstract : As robots become more autonomous, people will see them as more responsible for wrongdoing. Moral psychology suggests that judgments of robot responsibility will hinge on perceived situational awareness, intentionality, and free will, plus human likeness and the robot's capacity for harm. We also consider questions of robot rights and moral decision-making.