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Toward a rational and ethical sociotechnical system of autonomous vehicles: A novel application of multi-criteria decision analysis

Modelling Ethical Algorithms in Autonomous Vehicles Using Crash Data

Taxonomy of trust-relevant failures and mitigation strategies

The Oxford Handbook of Ethics of Ai

Taxonomy of Trust-Relevant Failures and Mitigation Strategies

On the Autonomy and Threat of "Killer Robots"

Introduction: Intersecting Traditions in the Philosophy of Computing

Prospects for a Kantian Machine

Philosophy and Computing: Essays in epistemology, philosophy of mind, logic, and ethics

Philosophy and Computing: Essays in Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Logic, and Ethics (Philosophical Studies Series, 128)

From Kant to Weber: Freedom and Culture in Classical German Social Theory (Open Forum Series)

Thomas Powers, an associate professor of philosophy, specializes in scientific ethics. Powers directs UD's Center for Science, Ethics and Public Policy.

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Climate Panel Details Its Review Plan

Interdisciplinary team to address global issues in STEM research

“Can AIs Behave Themselves? Towards a Genuine Machine Ethics”

“Corporate Robotic Responsibility”

Associate Professor, Philosophy

Dr. Thomas Powers is currently an assistant professor in the Philosophy Department and research fellow of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute at the University of Delaware. He directs the Science, Ethics, and Public Policy program and serve as assistant director of the Delaware Interdisciplinary Ethics Program. Prior to coming to Delaware, Dr. Powers was a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Virginia. His Ph.D. in philosophy (University of Texas at Austin) concerned formalism in ethics and the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Some of his recent research focuses on the ethics of emerging technologies (especially nanotechnology), computer ethics, and environmental ethics.

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