儒家机器人伦理

Confucian Robotic Ethics

本文探究在所谓“人工道德主体”身上植入儒家伦理准则的功能性。本文援引儒家经典《论语》,思考哪些伦理规则可被纳入机器人道德。本文也将对比康德型、功利主义型、儒家型这三类人工道德主体,考察它们各自的优劣之处。本文认为,尽管机器人并不具备人所固有的道德情感,如孟子所捍卫的“四端”,但我们能够借由儒家所强调的那种道德准则来构建机器人的道德伦理。随着儒家伦理准则的植入,机器人可以有功能性的道德,从而使它们具备成为人工道德主体的资格。

This paper will explore the functionality of implementing Confucian ethical codes into the so-called AMAs(artificial moral agents).Drawing from the Confucian classic the Analects,it will consider what ethical precepts could be incorporated into robot morality.It will also contrast Kantian AMAs,Utilitarian AMAs,and Confucian AMAs to decide the strengths and weakness of each model.The paper’s thesis is that even though robots cannot have our innate moral sentiments,the four moral sprouts that Mencius defends,they can be constructed with the kind of ethical principles that Confucianism stresses.With the Confucian moral codes built in,their functional ethics can qualify them as moral agents,albeit artificial.