Ethicists, policy-makers, and the general public have questioned whether artificial entities
such as robots warrant rights or other forms of moral consideration. There is little synthesis of …

Research into the ethics of artificial intelligence is often categorized into two subareas—
robot ethics and machine ethics. Many of the definitions and classifications of the subject …

In one of his first texts, Friedrich Nietzsche, at that time not yet 35, referred to man as 'the
over-animal', striving at all costs to dissociate himself from his true genealogy. The self …

The concept of legal power (often called legal competence) is important in the law since,
with regard to actions having legal effect, the “exercise of legal power” delimits those actions …

Technological progress may eventually produce sophisticated robots with human-like traits
that result in humans forming meaningful relationships with them. Such relationships would …

For this to happen, though, the EU needs to put in place the right ethical and legal
framework. This Foresight Brief argues that such a framework must be solidly founded on …

In this study, the Quality of Service (QoS) needed to support service continuity in
heterogeneous networks is achieved by a Distributed Multi-Agent Scheme (DMAS) based …

ETHICS IN A COMPUTING CULTURE introduces key ideas in moral theory and
professionalism to explore the hottest topics in computer ethics. With a unique blend of …

This essay analyzes the doctrine of “humanitarian intervention” in the frame of international
law in the second half of nineteenth century and identifies the ground of legitimation of this …

The news, popular culture, and legislatures are concerned with the recent reemergence of
artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Some of the fear is fueled by the terminology including …