Kantian Moral Agency and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
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Riya Manna
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1222-2917
Rajakishore Nath
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0855-9709
Published 2021-10-15
https://doi.org/10.15388/Problemos.100.11
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Keywords

artificial intelligence
categorical imperative
choice
freedom of will
Kantian ethics
moral agency
utility

How to Cite

Manna, R. and Nath, R. (2021) “Kantian Moral Agency and the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence”, Problemos, 100, pp. 139–151. doi:10.15388/Problemos.100.11.

Abstract

This paper discusses the philosophical issues pertaining to Kantian moral agency and artificial intelligence (AI). Here, our objective is to offer a comprehensive analysis of Kantian ethics to elucidate the non-feasibility of Kantian machines. Meanwhile, the possibility of Kantian machines seems to contend with the genuine human Kantian agency. We argue that in machine morality, ‘duty’ should be performed with ‘freedom of will’ and ‘happiness’ because Kant narrated the human tendency of evaluating our ‘natural necessity’ through ‘happiness’ as the end. Lastly, we argue that the Kantian ‘freedom of will’ and ‘faculty of choice’ do not belong to any deterministic model of ‘agency’ as these are sacrosanct systems. The conclusion narrates the non-feasibility of Kantian AI agents from the genuine Kantian ethical outset, offering a utility-based Kantian ethical performer instead.

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