
Contents
Contributors xi
Section I Ethical Aspect of Cognitive Robotics
Chapter 1
When Robots Do Wrong 3
David Levy
1.1 INTRODUCTION 4
1.2 BLAME THE ROBOT? 5
1.2.1 The Robot as a Quasi-Person 5
1.2.2 The Robot as a Quasi-Animal 5
1.2.3 The Robot as a Manmade Object 6
1.2.4 Punishing the Robot 6
1.2.5 Blaming the Robot — Summary 9
1.3 BLAMING HOMO SAPIENS 9
1.3.1 A Question of Trust 9
1.4 NEGLIGENCE AND PRODUCT LIABILITY LAWS 11
1.4.1 The First Robot Fatality 11
1.4.2 Robots and the Laws of Negligence 13
1.4.3 Robots and the Laws of Product Liability 14
1.4.4 When Robots Are Modified or Misused 15
1.4.5 Other Considerations of Legal Responsibility 15
1.4.6 Summary ...