Artificial Intelligence, Humanistic Ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9685147 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Tasioulas (0000-0003-4968-045X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 151 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 232-243 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed_a_01912 |
| OpenAlex | W4226089038 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 2 |
Ethics is concerned with what it is to live a flourishing life and what it is we morally owe to others. The optimizing mindset prevalent among computer scientists and economists, among other powerful actors, has led to an approach focused on maximizing the fulfilment of human preferences, an approach that has acquired considerable influence in the ethics of AI. But this preference-based utilitarianism is open to serious objections. This essay sketches an alternative, “humanistic” ethics for AI that is sensitive to aspects of human engagement with the ethical often missed by the dominant approach. Three elements of this humanistic approach are outlined: its commitment to a plurality of values, its stress on the importance of the procedures we adopt, not just the outcomes they yield, and the centrality it accords to individual and collective participation in our understanding of human well-being and morality. The essay concludes with thoughts on how the prospect of artificial general intelligence bears on this humanistic outlook
Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Flourishing · Humanism · Mindset · Morality · Political science · Sociology · Utilitarianism · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |