Review of The Robot Rights Manifesto by John-Stewart Gordon
摘要
The Robot Rights Manifesto by John-Stewart Gordon engages with the rapidly evolving debate on the moral and political standing of artificial agents. The book presents a systematic and inclusive ethical framework for assessing how robots ought to be treated once they attain morally relevant capacities and become integrated into human social life. It also introduces a model of artificial citizenship, distinguishing between full political participation, limited inclusion, and functional roles, depending on the robots’ cognitive capacities and social functions. The ethical and socio-political frameworks are complemented by two sets of normative guidelines: “The Ten Rules of Robotics” and “The Ten Robot Rights.” Concise yet scholarly, the book balances rigorous argumentation with accessibility. This review sees The Robot Rights Manifesto as a thought-provoking and agenda-setting work that draws on techno-optimistic assumptions to offer a distinctive, holistic, and future-oriented normative framework for addressing the emergence of intelligent humanoids across moral and socio-political dimensions.