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Amorphization of moral norms: rethinking responsibility and moral agency in AI-mediated environments

Jul 2026 · AI and Ethics · Vol 6 · 0 citations · 60 references
Computer Science

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The argument further holds that AI does not possess moral agency in the classical sense but functions as an infrastructural precondition for the reconfiguration of normative hierarchies—in an empirical rather than transcendental sense.

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