Tatsuya Kashiwabata
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Tatsuya Kashiwabata is a philosopher of technology whose work probes the ethical foundations of human-robot interaction, with a particular focus on moral agency and the conditions under which machines might be considered members of human society. His most cited paper, "Can Morality Be Ascribed to Robot?" (2019), makes a foundational contribution by formulating three necessary conditions for moral agency—cognitive-behavioral, ontological, and normative—that must be met before a humanoid robot could be granted membership in a moral community. While his citation count is modest, the conceptual clarity of this framework has made it a touchstone for researchers grappling with the ethics of increasingly autonomous social robots. Kashiwabata’s work sits at the intersection of philosophy of mind, ethics, and robotics, offering a rigorous, principle-based approach to questions that will only grow more urgent as AI systems become more sophisticated. His scholarship is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the philosophical prerequisites for ascribing moral status to non-human agents.
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- 1Can Morality Be Ascribed to Robot?4 citations · 2019