On the manipulator-focused response to manipulation cases

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ID21371174
AuthorsGabriel De Marco (0000-0002-5439-0070, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Taylor W Cyr (0000-0002-0500-8496, Samford University)
Year2024
Volume181
Issue11
Pages2867-2896
Publication date2024-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePhilosophical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0031-8116 • E-ISSN: 1573-0883
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s11098-024-02218-3
PMID39618826
OpenAlexW4403401132
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited44

In this paper, we identify a class of responses to cases of manipulation that we label manipulator-focused views . The key insight of such views is that being subject to the will of another agent significantly affects our freedom and moral responsibility. Though different authors take this key insight in different directions, and the mechanics of their views are quite different, these views turn out to share many key components, and this allows us to discuss several authors’ views at the same time, highlighting a variety of challenges for such views and helping to identify pitfalls to avoid in further developments of views of this type. Moreover, as we survey manipulator-focused views and the challenges that plague them, we go beyond the typical problem cases for such views—natural force variations of manipulation cases—and introduce several new manipulation cases. We conclude by comparing the prospects for this family of views with its main rival, namely bypassing views

Class (philosophy) · Computer security · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Key (lock) · Manipulator (device) · Metaphysics · Philosophy of mind · Robot · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Engineering · Free Will and Agency · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

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