Ethics in autonomous robots as philosophy in silico: The study case of phronetic machine ethics

Authors

  • Paweł Polak Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
  • Roman Krzanowski Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/lie.3576

Keywords:

computational modeling, digital humanities, machine ethics, autonomous robots, methodology of philosophy, methodology of ethics

Abstract

The paper explores the application of computing science to the modeling of the ethical concepts. The modeling in computers is denoted as in silico modeling. The in silico method has found applications in biology, chemistry, cosmology, sociology among others. The applications of in silico modeling to philosophical problems (like ethics) are rather infrequent. Yet, the approach discussed in the paper holds the promise of not only facilitating the development of ethical robotics but it also may provide the insights into the philosophical problems themselves (by explicating their implicit structures). The paper provides also a brief overview of the concept of modeling in silico in historical and current contexts

Author Biographies

  • Paweł Polak, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie

    Paweł Polak – professor of philosophy at Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, studied telecommunication at Cracow University of Technology (AGH) and philosophy at Pontifical Academy of Theology. Editor-in-chief of periodical “Philosophical Problems in Science (Zagadnienia Filozoficzne w Nauce),” member of Commission on the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, secretary of the Commission on the Philosophy of Science (the same Academy); published in “Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric,” “Studia Historiae Scientiarum,” “The Philosophy of Science/Filozofia Nauki.” He published books about philosophical aspects of scientometrics and about philosophical reception of Special and General Relativity in Lwów. His interests in philosophy include the history and philosophy of computing/informatics, pancomputationalism, history of Polish philosophy, applied philosophy (e.g. wine philosophy).

  • Roman Krzanowski, Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
    Roman M. Krzanowski – has graduate degrees in engineering, philosophy and information sciences from universities in Poland, UK, Canada, and the USA. He is an expert in Ethernet networking technology spatial information systems and information processing. In his Ph.D. he developed the class of the spatial genetic algorithms. He published books in information science, network technology and the philosophy of Tao and TDK. He holds numerous international patents in information and networking systems. He also authored several networking standards with international standard organizations. His interests in philosophy include the philosophy of information and informatics, ontology and metaphysics of nature, ethics and ethical problems created in information society, the problem of infospehere, the history of ideas with the special attention to pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle and applied philosophy. He is currently working on the ­conceptualization of the nature of information and its ontology.

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Published

2020-04-30

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Vol. 26 (2020): Narracje o technoewolucji – nowe technologie i nowy człowiek?

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Cyborgizacja - symbioza człowieka i maszyny

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