MICHAEL BURDETT MICHAEL.BURDETT@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artefacts?
Burdett, Michael
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MICHAEL BURDETT MICHAEL.BURDETT@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
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Abstract
This paper explores the extent to which the I-You relation should be applied to domains other than the human and the divine focusing particularly on artefacts and technology. Drawing first on the work of Martin Buber, Gabriel Marcel and Martin Heidegger I contend that the I-You tradition has maintained I-You relations with objects are possible even when these same figures level strong critiques of the I-It relation. I extend these discussions and argue that some kind of you-speaking for artefacts is needed to combat rampant consumption and reduction of the world to pure utility. But, I equally suggest there are limitations to applying the I-You relation to artefacts precisely when doing so keeps us from having genuine relationships with other people as outlined by psychologist Sherry Turkle. Finally, I outline how this proposal impacts the doctrine of creation. In sum, it expands our intuitions of what is included in that doctrine creation.
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Burdett, M. (2020). Personhood and Creation in an Age of Robots and AI: Can We Say “You” to Artefacts?. Zygon, 55(2), 347-360. https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12595
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 7, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 11, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jun 11, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Nov 11, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Zygon |
Print ISSN | 0591-2385 |
Electronic ISSN | 1467-9744 |
Publisher | Wiley |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 55 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 347-360 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12595 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3204142 |
Publisher URL | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/zygo.12595 |
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