Typology: Article
Language: English
Date: 2025
Why dignity is a troubling concept for AI ethics
Theme: Ethics
Author: Jon Rueda, Txetxu Ausín, Mark Coeckelbergh, Juan Ignacio del Valle, Francisco Lara, Belén Liedo, Joan Llorca Albareda, Heidi Mertes, Robert Ranisch, Vera Lúcia Raposo, Bernd C. Stahl, Murilo Vilaça, Íñigo de Miguel
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The concept of dignity is proliferating in ethical, legal, and policy discussions of AI, yet dignity is an elusive concept with multiple philosophical interpretations. The authors argue that the unspecific and uncritical employment of the notion of dignity can be counterproductive for AI ethics.
Rueda, J., Ausín, T., Coeckelbergh, M., del Valle, J. I., Lara, F., Liedo, B., Llorca Albareda, J., Mertes, H., Ranisch, R., Raposo, V. L., Stahl, B. C., Vilaça, M., & de Miguel, Í. (2025). Why dignity is a troubling concept for AI ethics. Patterns, 6(3), Article 101207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patter.2025.101207
