What is the role of ethics in the ethics of artificial intelligence?
The philosophical study of ethics concerning the interactions between human beings and technologies that deploy Artificial Intelligence has become a popular and important topic as never before. The study of problems concerning such interactions is justified because of technological transformations t...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP) |
| Repository: | Kínesis (Marília) - Revista de Estudos dos Pós-Graduandos em Filosofia |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www2.marilia.unesp.br:article/14727 |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/kinesis/article/view/14727 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Ethics of Artificial Intelligence Moral Theory Conceptual Engineering Ética da Inteligência Artificial Teoria Moral Engenharia Conceitual |
| Summary: | The philosophical study of ethics concerning the interactions between human beings and technologies that deploy Artificial Intelligence has become a popular and important topic as never before. The study of problems concerning such interactions is justified because of technological transformations that human societies have gone through, and that may still lead to profound legal, political, and social changes. The main objective of this paper is to identify the role of ethics, as a philosophical discipline, concerning the recent and promising field of research of the ethics of Artificial Intelligence. After presenting the position of philosopher Peter Railton on the ethics applied to Artificial Intelligence, the paper reconstructs his explanations in normative ethics and metaethics. By illustrating the connections between the ethics applied to Artificial Intelligence and moral theory, the paper argues that the role of ethics in the ethics of Artificial Intelligence can be made explicit with the aid of conceptual engineering. This approach shows that concepts such as ‘agent’ and ‘interest,’ which are crucial for ethics, as seen in Railton’s explanations, should not be thought of exclusively by ethics, or even only by philosophy, but need to be informed by natural and human sciences. The paper emphasizes the need to accomplish the philosophical task of thinking ethics beyond ethics in an interdisciplinary context capable of dealing with complex practical problems that impact human societies. |
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