Legal vs. ethical obligations – a comment on the EPSRC’s principles for robotics

Vincent C. Müller

doi:10.1080/09540091.2016.1276516

Legal vs. ethical obligations – a comment on the EPSRC’s principles for robotics

Vincent C. Müller

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While the 2010 EPSRC principles for robotics state a set of five rules of what “should” be done, I argue they should differentiate between legal obligations and ethical demands. Only if we make this difference can we state clearly what the legal obligations already are, and what additional ethical demands we want to make. I provide suggestions how to revise the rules in this light and how to make them more structured.

Original language	English
Article number	2
Pages (from-to)	137-141
Number of pages	5
Journal	Connection Science
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09540091.2016.1276516
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

killer robots
legal obligation
principles of robotics
Robot ethics
robot law

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