Morality Among the Machines

Moral Agents

    Freedom of choice/will

    Rationality

        free moral agents

        rational moral agents

        free rational moral agents

Commit Acts

Moral Accountability

   Praise & Blame

Children are "learning" moral norms

Moral Patients

    Objects of moral consideration

    Babies Have Rights without Responsibility

Himma:

Moral Potents

   Things with moral impacts

    What about dogs?

Are learned moral norms just conditioned behaviors?

The difference is "Intentions"

Like "motives"

Robots need free will & rationality

       Intentions

Floridi & Sanders (2004):

Conditions for moral agency

1) Interactivity (with environment)

2) Autonomy (internal causes)

3) Adaptibility (learns, changes rules by which acts)

4) Capable of morally significant acts