Year: 1995
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Typicrdlytool use poses few confusions about who we understand to be the moral agent for a given act.But when the "tool" becomes a computer, do people attribute moral agency and responsibility to the technology ("it's the computer's fault")?Twenty-nine mate undergraduate computer science majors were interviewed.Results showed that most students (83%) attributed aspects of agency -either deckion-making and/or intentions --to computers.In addition, some students (21 %) consistent y held computers morally responsible for error.Discussion includes implications for computers ystem design.
Author: Batya Friedman
Institution: Colby College
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Colby College
OpenAlex ID: W2025838413