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Record Nr.

UNINA9910433249103321

Autore

Gellers Joshua C.

Titolo

Rights for robots : artificial intelligence, animal, and environmental law / / Joshua C. Gellers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Routledge, 2020

Abingdon, Oxford ; ; New York : , : Taylor & Francis : , : imprint : Routledge, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

9780429288159

0429288158

9781000264579

1000264572

9781000264593

1000264599

9781000264586

1000264580

9780367211745

0367211742

Edizione

[1 ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 177 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Disciplina

343.0999

Soggetti

Robotics - Law and legislation

Artificial intelligence - Law and legislation

Animal rights

Environmental law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Rights for robots : making sense of the machine question -- Getting to rights : personhoods, statuses, and incidents -- The rights of animals : in search of humanity -- The rights of nature : ethics, law, and the anthropocene -- Rights for robots in a posthuman ecology.

Sommario/riassunto

"Bringing a unique perspective to the burgeoning ethical and legal issues surrounding the presence of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, the book uses theory and practice on animal rights and the rights



of nature to assess the status of robots. Through extensive philosophical and legal analyses, the book explores how rights can be applied to nonhuman entities. This task is completed by developing a framework useful for determining the kinds of personhood for which a nonhuman entity might be eligible, and a critical environmental ethic that extends moral and legal consideration to nonhumans. The framework and ethic are then applied to two hypothetical situations involving real-world technology-animal-like robot companions and humanoid sex robots. Additionally, the book approaches the subject from multiple perspectives, providing a comparative study of legal cases on animal rights and the rights of nature from around the world and insights from structured interviews with leading experts in the field of robotics. Ending with a call to rethink the concept of rights in the Anthropocene, suggestions for further research are made. An essential read for scholars and students interested in robot, animal and environmental law, as well as those interested in technology more generally, the book is a ground-breaking study of an increasingly relevant topic, as robots become ubiquitous in modern society" -- publisher.