NDLI: Computation, Coherence, and Ethical Reasoning

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Guarini, Marcello
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	Theories of moral, and more generally, practical reasoning sometimes draw on the notion of coherence. Admirably, Paul Thagard has attempted to give a computationally detailed account of the kind of coherence involved in practical reasoning, claiming that it will help overcome problems in foundationalist approaches to ethics. The arguments herein rebut the alleged role of coherence in practical reasoning endorsed by Thagard. While there are some general lessons to be learned from the preceding, no attempt is made to argue against all forms of coherence in all contexts. Nor is the usefulness of computational modelling called into question. The point will be that coherence cannot be as useful in understanding moral reasoning as coherentists may think. This result has clear implications for the future of Machine Ethics, a newly emerging subfield of AI.
Starting Page	27
Ending Page	46
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09246495
Journal	Minds and Machines
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15728641
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2007-02-17
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Coherentism Ethical reasoning Foundationalism Machine ethics Practical reasoning Underdetermination Robot ethics Unsupervised neural network Systems Theory, Control Interdisciplinary Studies Philosophy of Mind Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Artificial Intelligence

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