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- Authors
- Floridi, L., & Sanders, J. W.
- Affiliations
- University of Oxford (GB)
- ORCID
- Floridi, Luciano
- Venue
- Minds and Machines
- Published
- 2004-08
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 349-379
- ISSN
- 0924-6495 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-8641
- OpenAlex
- W2094251476
- Cited by
- 1,218
- References
- 33
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- FWCI
- 45.58
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- journal article
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- en
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- closed
- Licence
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- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
- Social Sciences › Law › Literary and Philosophical Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Keywords
- artificial agents, moral agency, moral patients, computer ethics, levels of abstraction, autonomy, interactivity, adaptability, moral responsibility, free will, digital systems, cyberspace
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