AI Ethics Explored

Steven S. Gouveia is Research Fellow and Principal Investigator at the Mind, Language and Action Group of the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto, Portugal. He is also Honorary Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, Andrés Bello University, Chile, and Visiting Fellow at the Robotics Lab, University of Palermo, Italy. Previous titles include The Age of Artificial Intelligence: an Exploration (2019) and The Odyssey of the Mind (2024).

• Introduction, Steven S. Gouveia (University of Porto, Portugal)Part I: AI Ethics: Foundational Issues1. Externalism versus Internalism in Ethics of AI: Towards an Ethos of the Human-Technology Relation in the World of AI, Vincent Blok (Wageningen University, the Netherlands)2. Finding the Lost: Recalibrating AI Ethics or Retracking Trust, Knowledge, and Wisdom, Mehmet B. Unver (University of Hertfordshire, UK)3. Deskilling Moral Reasoning: Moral Progress (and Moral Regress) at the Face of Artificial Intelligence, Simona Tiribelli (University of Macerata, Italy)4. Principles of Care for Ethics of AI: A Perspective Based on the Barcelona Declaration, Silvia Dadà (University of Pisa, Italy)Part II: AI Ethics: Healthcare and Medicine5. Automated Judgments: A Genealogy of Algorithms and AI in Medicine, Ariane Hanemaayer (Brandon University, Canada)6. Putting Health First: an Ethical Argument for Prioritizing Medical AI Over Other Technological Developments, Steven S. Gouveia (University of Porto, Portugal) 7. Artificial Intelligence in Stepped Care Model for Mental Healthcare: Prospects and Ethical Risks, Tuomas Vesterinen (University of Helsinki, Finland), Raul Hakli (University of Helsinki, Finland), Tomi Kokkonen (University of Helsinki, Finland), Pekka Mäkelä (Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, Finland) and Pii Telakivi (University of Helsinki, Finland)8. Suicide and the Moral Implications of AI-Driven Life Value Assessment, Luka Perušic (University of Zagreb, Croatia) Part III: AI Ethics: Societal Implications9. Algorithmic Racism in AI Chatbots: Reflections on a Prompt-Based Test, Sanderson Molick (Federal Institute of Pará, Brazil)10. The Work of Art in the Age of Its Algorithmic Reproducibility, Oshri Bar-Gil11. Ethical and Operational Advances in Military AI: The Role of Neurosymbolic and Cross-Modal System, Luca Di Vincenzo (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) and Simone Conversano (University of Pisa, Italy)12. Subjective Experience, Artificial Intelligence, and Ethical Behavior, Timothy L. Hubbard (Arizona State University, USA)Part IV: AI Ethics, Educational and Technical13. Navigating Generative AI in Higher Education, Mariana Chinellato Ferreira (Breda University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands)14. AI Literacy in Business Ethics, Siobhain Lash (West Virginia University, USA)15. On Monitorability of AI, Roman V. Yampolskiy (Louisville University, USA)16. Propositions Concerning Digital Minds and Society, Nick Bostrom (University of Oxford, UK) and Carl Shulman (Future of Humanity Institute, UK)List of ContributorsIndex

AI Ethics Explored brings together diverse scholars to examine how AI reshapes medicine, education, work, art, and social institutions. Blending theory with real-world case studies, it offers practical frameworks for guiding intelligent systems toward human flourishing while mitigating emergent risks.