Johnson and Powers Hold That Allowing Artifacts to Have Agency

question 11

Multiple Choice

Johnson and Powers hold that allowing artifacts to have agency:

• A) Diminishes the responsibility of their users
• B) Does not diminish the responsibility of their users
• C) Is philosophically mistaken as it broadens the scope of the moral community too far
• D) Is philosophically mistaken as it still offers an overly narrow view of moral agency

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