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Computational ethics.

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Awad, E; Levine, S; Anderson, M; Anderson, SL; Conitzer, V; Crockett, MJ; Everett, JAC; Evgeniou, T; Gopnik, A; Jamison, JC; Kim, TW; Liao, SM ...
Published in: Trends in cognitive sciences
May 2022

Technological advances are enabling roles for machines that present novel ethical challenges. The study of 'AI ethics' has emerged to confront these challenges, and connects perspectives from philosophy, computer science, law, and economics. Less represented in these interdisciplinary efforts is the perspective of cognitive science. We propose a framework - computational ethics - that specifies how the ethical challenges of AI can be partially addressed by incorporating the study of human moral decision-making. The driver of this framework is a computational version of reflective equilibrium (RE), an approach that seeks coherence between considered judgments and governing principles. The framework has two goals: (i) to inform the engineering of ethical AI systems, and (ii) to characterize human moral judgment and decision-making in computational terms. Working jointly towards these two goals will create the opportunity to integrate diverse research questions, bring together multiple academic communities, uncover new interdisciplinary research topics, and shed light on centuries-old philosophical questions.

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Trends in cognitive sciences

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EISSN

1879-307X

ISSN

1364-6613

Publication Date

May 2022

Volume

26

Issue

5

Start / End Page

388 / 405

Related Subject Headings

  • Philosophy
  • Morals
  • Judgment
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Engineering
  • Decision Making
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
 

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Awad, E., Levine, S., Anderson, M., Anderson, S. L., Conitzer, V., Crockett, M. J., … Tenenbaum, J. B. (2022). Computational ethics. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 26(5), 388–405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.02.009
Awad, Edmond, Sydney Levine, Michael Anderson, Susan Leigh Anderson, Vincent Conitzer, M. J. Crockett, Jim A. C. Everett, et al. “Computational ethics.Trends in Cognitive Sciences 26, no. 5 (May 2022): 388–405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.02.009.
Awad E, Levine S, Anderson M, Anderson SL, Conitzer V, Crockett MJ, et al. Computational ethics. Trends in cognitive sciences. 2022 May;26(5):388–405.
Awad, Edmond, et al. “Computational ethics.Trends in Cognitive Sciences, vol. 26, no. 5, May 2022, pp. 388–405. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.tics.2022.02.009.
Awad E, Levine S, Anderson M, Anderson SL, Conitzer V, Crockett MJ, Everett JAC, Evgeniou T, Gopnik A, Jamison JC, Kim TW, Liao SM, Meyer MN, Mikhail J, Opoku-Agyemang K, Borg JS, Schroeder J, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Slavkovik M, Tenenbaum JB. Computational ethics. Trends in cognitive sciences. 2022 May;26(5):388–405.
Journal cover image

Published In

Trends in cognitive sciences

DOI

EISSN

1879-307X

ISSN

1364-6613

Publication Date

May 2022

Volume

26

Issue

5

Start / End Page

388 / 405

Related Subject Headings

  • Philosophy
  • Morals
  • Judgment
  • Humans
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Engineering
  • Decision Making
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5203 Clinical and health psychology
  • 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences