A Theological Account of Artificial Moral Agency
This article seeks to explore the idea of artificial moral agency from a theological perspective. By drawing on the Reformed theology of archetype-ectype, it will demonstrate that computational artefacts are the ectype of human moral agents and, consequently, have a partial moral agency. In this lig...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2023, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 642-659 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science KDD Protestant Church NBE Anthropology RB Church office; congregation RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
Archetype and ectype
B computational artefacts B Artificial Intelligence B Herman Bavinck B carebots B Christian pastoral care |
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| Summary: | This article seeks to explore the idea of artificial moral agency from a theological perspective. By drawing on the Reformed theology of archetype-ectype, it will demonstrate that computational artefacts are the ectype of human moral agents and, consequently, have a partial moral agency. In this light, human moral agents mediate and extend their moral values through computational artefacts, which are ontologically connected with humans and only related to limited particular moral issues. This moral leitmotif opens up a way to deploy carebots into Christian pastoral care while maintaining the human agent's uniqueness and responsibility in pastoral caregiving practices. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/09539468231163002 |