Title :
Anticipating Ethics
Author :
O´Connell, Brian M.
Author_Institution :
Departments of Comput. Sci. & Philos., Central Connecticut State Univ., New Britain, CT
Abstract :
Legal and ethical decisions regarding developing technologies are frequently based upon understandings derived from explanations provided by "experts" within developing fields as well as upon tacit public perceptions. This paper focuses upon the emerging fields of robotics and neuroethics to examine the reliability of these primary sources. Included in this assessment is a consideration of internal, disciplinary narratives, the place of metaphor within expert discourse, the role of public expectations in new technologies with current factual possibilities and the state of coordination among technical and policy-oriented disciplines in establishing useful and robust public accounts and ethical-legal standards for new technologies
Keywords :
ethical aspects; robots; social aspects of automation; technology management; ethical decisions; ethical-legal standards; ethics; legal decisions; neuroethics; public expectations; reliability; robotics; tacit public perceptions; Artificial intelligence; Ethics; Facial animation; Helium; Humans; Intelligent robots; Law; Legal factors; Robot kinematics; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2006. Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Scottsdale, AZ
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0351-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2006.1650031
