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Toward an internal moral purpose like normative governance function in artificial agency

Jul 2026 · AI and Ethics · Vol 6 · 0 citations · 40 references
Computer Science

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This paper argues that the Stoic notion of prohairesis, the agent’s, who/which is a morally responsible being, reason-guided normative governance function that assents to or withholds assent from impressions offers a model for recentring machine behaviour on reason giving governance.

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