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Can AI systems be considered moral agents?

Do AI systems possess the necessary attributes, like intentionality and understanding, to qualify as moral agents?

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By Rachna M Answered 7 months ago

Current AI cannot be a moral agent. Kantian moral agency requires autonomous practical reason—the ability to freely act from duty according to self-given moral law. AI lacks consciousness, intentionality, and genuine autonomy; it follows programmed rules or statistical patterns. It is a tool that can be used morally or immorally by humans, not an agent itself.

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