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5 – Technology and Responsibility Gaps

This Is Technology Ethics

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Responsibility is Multi-Faceted

Responsibility encompasses various dimensions, including character traits, moral obligations, and legal accountability. In discussing responsibility, distinctions arise between being a responsible person, holding a moral duty in a specific role, and being accountable for outcomes. Philosophers have sought to categorize these concepts, illustrated by HLA Hart's example of a ship's captain, which highlights the diversity in understanding what it means to be 'responsible.' Nicole Vincent's structured taxonomy of responsibility also reflects this complexity, underscoring the nuanced nature of responsibility.

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