The Moral Status of Artificial Intelligence

Intentionality, Normativity and Responsibility
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-33985-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 92 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Ethics

This book clarifies the ethical impact of artificial intelligence systems on society and examines their moral standing. To clarify the moral status of AI, it draws on conceptual tools from postphenomenology while introducing new concepts to account for the specificity of AI systems in relation to other technologies. The first part of the book addresses whether some form of intentionality can be attributed to intelligent systems and clarifies what technological intentionality means in the context of AI. The second part investigates the normative profile of the standards and predictions produced by AI, with particular attention to the effects of these standards on processes of human subjectification. The book does not assign moral responsibility to intelligent systems; rather, it evaluates the role they play in distributing responsibility among human actors, thereby demonstrating the integrative character of intelligent systems. In addition to advancing this thesis, the book introduces central problems in the field of AI ethics and intelligent systems, providing a valuable overview of these issues. This book is of interest to advanced scholars and undergraduate students of AI ethics alike.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Redaelli, Roberto

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Different approaches to the moral status of artificial intelligence. Postphenomenology + deconstruction as a research methodology.- Chapter 3. Intentionality in non-deterministic artificial intelligence.- Chapter 4. Moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence.- Chapter 5. Artificial intelligence and normativity.- Chapter 6. From face to interface. Relational approach plus property approach.

Über Autor(innen)

Roberto Redaelli is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Moral Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti” at the University of Milan, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pavia, where he teaches Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. He is also a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg. He has previously been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Freiburg im Breisgau. His research interests include neo-Kantian philosophy, philosophical anthropology, and postphenomenology, with a particular focus on ethics and the philosophy of technology. In the philosophy of technology, Redaelli’s most recent work investigates the moral status of artificial intelligence systems from the perspectives of technological intentionality and digital normativity.