The ideal utilitarian agent in the age of new technologies: how utilitarian logic challenges our exclusivity as moral persons

Pesoli, Emanuele (A.A. 2022/2023) The ideal utilitarian agent in the age of new technologies: how utilitarian logic challenges our exclusivity as moral persons. Tesi di Laurea in Political philosophy, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Sebastiano Maffettone, pp. 49. [Bachelor's Degree Thesis]

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Abstract/Index

Utilitarianism: a flawed moral theory. The origins of utilitarianism. The three “great” utilitarians: Bentham, Mill, Sidgwick. What Is utility? The challenges of consequentialism and welfarism. Is utilitarianism still relevant today? Technology: friend or foe? Social media: a cautionary tale. Artificial intelligence: a hazier picture. The next step: brain computer interfaces. The posthuman question. The utilitarian position. Greene’s trolley problems. The three scenarios: Switch, Footbridge, Loop. A conditional aversion to violence: the human reaction. Torn between utilitarianism and Asimov’s laws: the robots’ reaction. A speculative mystery: the posthuman reaction.

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Bibliografia: pp. 47-49.

Thesis Type: Bachelor's Degree Thesis
Institution: Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program: Bachelor's Degree Programs > Bachelor's Degree Program in Political Science (L36)
Chair: Political philosophy
Thesis Supervisor: Maffettone, Sebastiano
Academic Year: 2022/2023
Session: Autumn
Deposited by: Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited: 27 Feb 2024 11:41
Last Modified: 27 Feb 2024 11:41
URI: https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/37940

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