Robot Rights, an approach appealing to Animal Rights Theory
- Authors: Millin, Murray David
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Artificial intelligence , Singer, Peter, 1946- , Dennett, D C (Daniel Clement) , Animal rights , Ethics , Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992 Criticism and interpretation , Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. Bicentennial man , Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. Sally , Preference utilitarianism
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/191854 , vital:45172
- Description: This thesis proposes that Peter Singer’s theory of preference utilitarianism, which is designed to be universally applicable to humans and animals, can be applied to robots of a particular kind — such as those seen in Isaac Asimov’s work. I shall do this by using Singer’s conception of interests as a framework, and appealing to Daniel Dennett’s intentional stance to deal with methodological issues about other minds. I shall then apply those theories to Isaac Asimov’s Sally and The Bicentennial Man. These two narratives show the importance of the intentional stance as an ethical tool and provide an example of how we might talk about the interests of a robot. Sally’s behaviour and ethical status is examined according to how she is perceived, and so I shall investigate how various persons engage with her and why they do so in those manners. This narrative demonstrates the value of the intentional and design stance as methods to approach other minds problems with regards to ethical status. The Bicentennial Man’s Andrew allows us to look for interests in a more concrete way. I look to see how he situates himself in his world, as well as investigate how and why he makes the demand to be morally considerable. This will be done by examining his creativity, personal development and drive for mortality throughout the narrative. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Philosophy, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10-29
- Authors: Millin, Murray David
- Date: 2021-10-29
- Subjects: Artificial intelligence , Singer, Peter, 1946- , Dennett, D C (Daniel Clement) , Animal rights , Ethics , Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992 Criticism and interpretation , Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. Bicentennial man , Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992. Sally , Preference utilitarianism
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/191854 , vital:45172
- Description: This thesis proposes that Peter Singer’s theory of preference utilitarianism, which is designed to be universally applicable to humans and animals, can be applied to robots of a particular kind — such as those seen in Isaac Asimov’s work. I shall do this by using Singer’s conception of interests as a framework, and appealing to Daniel Dennett’s intentional stance to deal with methodological issues about other minds. I shall then apply those theories to Isaac Asimov’s Sally and The Bicentennial Man. These two narratives show the importance of the intentional stance as an ethical tool and provide an example of how we might talk about the interests of a robot. Sally’s behaviour and ethical status is examined according to how she is perceived, and so I shall investigate how various persons engage with her and why they do so in those manners. This narrative demonstrates the value of the intentional and design stance as methods to approach other minds problems with regards to ethical status. The Bicentennial Man’s Andrew allows us to look for interests in a more concrete way. I look to see how he situates himself in his world, as well as investigate how and why he makes the demand to be morally considerable. This will be done by examining his creativity, personal development and drive for mortality throughout the narrative. , Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Humanities, Philosophy, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-10-29
Ethical sensitivity of internal audit university students
- Authors: Chauke, Deroul
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Accounting -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa , Ethics , Management -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/51074 , vital:43206
- Description: Ethics is an important aspect of business, particularly in the internal audit profession, and especially after the corporate scandals in the twenty-first century. Internal auditors play an important role in business and society as they hold executive directors of organisations accountable on behalf of various stakeholders and shareholders, by reviewing the effectiveness of internal control systems, risk management, and governance processes. Similar to the legal and medical professions, internal auditors are expected by the public and clients they serve, to uphold high ethical standards. The overall objective of this study is to determine whether internal audit university students possess sufficient ethical sensitivity to appropriately respond to ethical challenges they could face when they enter the internal audit profession. To achieve the objective of this study, a qualitative research approach was followed. To collect the primary data, a questionnaire containing six vignettes was administered to internal audit university students at three universities in South Africa. The qualitative data provided the researcher with rich and in-depth evidence about the ethical sensitivity of internal audit university students. The findings of this study revealed that most students have the necessary ethical sensitivity to respond to ethical challenges. The findings also revealed that taking an ethics course enhanced the students’ ethical sensitivity. It has also emerged from the findings that a few participants were not ethically sensitive as they failed to report an unethical activity. They chose instead to detach themselves from the unethical activity by maintaining their silence. This finding indicates the need to conduct further studies on the ethical sensitivity of internal audit university students using different research instruments and more universities or larger samples. , Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Accounting, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
- Authors: Chauke, Deroul
- Date: 2021-04
- Subjects: Accounting -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- South Africa , Ethics , Management -- Moral and ethical aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Master's theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/51074 , vital:43206
- Description: Ethics is an important aspect of business, particularly in the internal audit profession, and especially after the corporate scandals in the twenty-first century. Internal auditors play an important role in business and society as they hold executive directors of organisations accountable on behalf of various stakeholders and shareholders, by reviewing the effectiveness of internal control systems, risk management, and governance processes. Similar to the legal and medical professions, internal auditors are expected by the public and clients they serve, to uphold high ethical standards. The overall objective of this study is to determine whether internal audit university students possess sufficient ethical sensitivity to appropriately respond to ethical challenges they could face when they enter the internal audit profession. To achieve the objective of this study, a qualitative research approach was followed. To collect the primary data, a questionnaire containing six vignettes was administered to internal audit university students at three universities in South Africa. The qualitative data provided the researcher with rich and in-depth evidence about the ethical sensitivity of internal audit university students. The findings of this study revealed that most students have the necessary ethical sensitivity to respond to ethical challenges. The findings also revealed that taking an ethics course enhanced the students’ ethical sensitivity. It has also emerged from the findings that a few participants were not ethically sensitive as they failed to report an unethical activity. They chose instead to detach themselves from the unethical activity by maintaining their silence. This finding indicates the need to conduct further studies on the ethical sensitivity of internal audit university students using different research instruments and more universities or larger samples. , Thesis (MCom) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, Accounting, 2021
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- Date Issued: 2021-04
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