Are Technologies Innocent? : Part Two: Human Exclusivity - Only Humans Can Be Held to Moral Account [Commentary-Series]

Abstract

In Part One of this series it was suggested that in order to hold technologies to moral account a number of objections must be overcome: the argument that only humans are morally accountable, the “passive instrument” argument, the “dumb instrument” argument, the “free will” argument, and the “dilution of responsibility” argument. Here we take up Part Two, the “human exclusivity” argument, and we establish that humans do not have a monopoly on moral status.