Conclusion

This chapter summarizes the key points addressed in the preceding chapters with a particular emphasis on the following aspects: (1) the consciousness criterion for moral status; (2) probabilistic reasoning about the presence of mentality in other entities; (3) legal personhood and moral decisions under uncertainty; (4) moral relations and a hybrid approach to moral consideration; (5) examination of arguments against machine moral considerability; (6) legal protection for anthropomorphic and zoomorphic (social) robots.