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Corporantia: Is moral consciousness above individual brains/robots?

  • Christopher Charles Santos-Lang EMAIL logo

Abstract

This article calls out the common assumption that moral consciousness occurs at the level of individual brains and robots. It explores the alternative, evidence against the assumption, and provides a means to further test the assumption. It also discusses the consequences of making or abandoning this assumption, especially the consequences for the further evolution of robots.

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Received: 2017-09-10
Accepted: 2017-12-14
Published Online: 2018-02-07

© 2018 Christopher Charles Santos-Lang

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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