ABSTRACT At present there is a clear distinction between robots and persons. In this article I explore the possibility that this distinction may not hold in perpetuity, as some robots attain personhood. I argue that personhood is an emergent property in both the development of individuals and the evolution of life, that personhood may not require a carbon-based existence, and that, given that robots are being made with ever greater powers of cognition, at some point these powers of cognition may reach the point at which we need to start talking of robots as having minds and being persons. This will have implications for how we treat robots, for how we design robots and for how we understand ourselves and other creatures. There are also implications for moral education that may need to be taken seriously.

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机器人当人？对道德教育的影响

摘要 目前，机器人和人之间存在明显的区别。在本文中，我探讨了这种区别可能不会永久存在的可能性，因为一些机器人获得了人格。我认为人格是个体发展和生命进化的新兴属性，人格可能不需要基于碳的存在，而且鉴于机器人的认知能力越来越强，在某些时候这些认知能力可能会达到我们需要开始谈论机器人有思想和作为人的地步。这将对我们如何对待机器人、如何设计机器人以及如何理解我们自己和其他生物产生影响。还有一些对道德教育的影响可能需要认真对待。