New Moral Subjects: Walking the Line Between Autonomy and Automaton  

作　　者：Ralf Lüfter 

机构地区：[1]Free University of Bozen-Bolzano,Bozen,Italy

出　　处：《Journal of Philosophy Study》2023年第11期463-467,共5页哲学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：The question of“new moral subjects”arises today in connection with the use of advanced technologies in the context of Industry 4.0,i.e.,the industrial enterprise investing in smart factories,co-robotic,additive manufacturing,augmented reality,cyber security,big data,etc.Industry 4.0 underpins what is being heralded as Industry 5.0.Technologies in this field excel in that they are not used for the mere execution of processes designed,programmed,and controlled by man,but are applied to realise“autonomously”goals in the industrial context.Consequently,their degree of automation is no longer defined by increasing independence from human beings,but by the ability to spontaneously initiate a process and implement it to useful effect.The comparison between man and machine,and the justification for the introduction of“new moral subjects”thus crucially depend on the location of“moral being”in the reference to their“autonomy”as a property characterising the“subject man”,but not the exclusive prerogative of the latter.

关 键 词：new moral subjects ethics of automation RESPONSIBILITY AUTONOMY Industry 4.0 

分 类 号：TP3[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]