Why Machine Morality?

TUT 100 - Virtue in Animal and Machine - Professor Weinman



Answer the following questions. Record your answers in your Reading Journal.
  1. Select the sentence that you feel best describes the authors' definition of what it means to be moral. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your choice.
  2. Select the sentence from from today's reading that you feel shows the greatest contrast with the definition of morality given by Bekoff and Pierce. Briefly (3-5 sentences) explain your selection.
  3. Select the sentence you feel the authors believe conveys the most important consideration for the "Why Machine Morality?" chapter. Briefly explain your choice.
  4. Select the sentence you believe conveys the most important consideration for the "Why Machine Morality?" chapter. If it is the same as above, explain why you agree. If it is different, explain why you think differently.
  5. Identify (summarize or quote enough to indicate bounds and give the page number(s)) the passage in today's reading you found most surprising or provocative. Briefly explain your choice.