@misc{10481/69779,
year = {2021},
month = {6},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/69779},
abstract = {Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) be more effective than human instruction for the
moral enhancement of people? The author argues that it only would be if the use
of this technology were aimed at increasing the individual’s capacity to reflectively
decide for themselves, rather than at directly influencing behaviour. To support this,
it is shown how a disregard for personal autonomy, in particular, invalidates the
main proposals for applying new technologies, both biomedical and AI-based, to
moral enhancement. As an alternative to these proposals, this article proposes a virtual
assistant that, through dialogue, neutrality and virtual reality technologies, can
teach users to make better moral decisions on their own. The author concludes that,
as long as certain precautions are taken in its design, such an assistant could do this
better than a human instructor adopting the same educational methodology.},
organization = {State Research Agency of the Spanish Government	PID2019-104943RB-I00},
publisher = {Springer},
keywords = {Moral enhancement},
keywords = {Moral bioenhancement},
keywords = {Moral AIenhancement},
keywords = {Artificial intelligence},
keywords = {Virtual assistant},
keywords = {Ethical decision-making},
keywords = {Autonomy},
title = {Why a Virtual Assistant for Moral Enhancement When We Could have a Socrates?},
doi = {10.1007/s11948-021-00318-5},
author = {Lara Sánchez, Francisco Damián},
}