Introductory Concepts and Outline of the Book

Roboethics (robot ethics) is the branch of applied ethics that studies the positive and negative implications of robots to society, aiming at inspiring the moral design, development and use of robots, especially of intelligent and autonomous robots. This chapter provides a preliminary discussion of some fundamental concepts of robot ethics and morality, a short literature review of roboethics literature, and an outline of the present book.

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