Programming Machine Ethics

This book addresses the fundamentals of machine§ethics. It discusses abilities required for ethical machine reasoning and the§programming features that enable them. It connects ethics, psychological§ethical processes, and machine implemented procedures. From a technical point§of view, the book uses logic programming and evolutionary game theory to model§and link the individual and collective moral realms. It also reports on the§results of experiments performed using several model implementations.§§Opening specific and promising inroads into the terra incognita of machine ethics, the§authors define here new tools and describe a variety of program-tested moral§applications and implemented systems. In addition, they provide alternative§readings paths, allowing readers to best focus on their specific interests and§to explore the concepts at different levels of detail.§§Mainly written for researchers in cognitive§science, artificial intelligence, robotics, philosophy of technology and§engineering of ethics, the book will§also be of general interest to other§academics, undergraduates in search of research topics, science journalists as§well as science and society forums, legislators and military organizations§concerned with machine ethics.§§