Machine ethics : from machine morals to the machinery of morality This book offers the first systematic guide to machine ethics bridging between computer science social sciences and philosophy. Based on a dialogue between an AI scientist and a novelist philosopher the book discusses important findings on which moral values machines can be taught and how. In turn it investigates what kind of artificial intelligence (AI) people do actually want. What are the main consequences of the integration of AI in people’s every day life In order to co exist and collaborate with humans machines need morality but which moral values should we teach them Moreover how can we implement benevolent AI These are just some of the questions carefully examined in the book which offers a comprehensive account of ethical issues concerning AI on the one hand and a timely snapshot of the power and potential benefits of this technology on the other. Starting with an introduction to common sense ethical principles the book then guides the reader helping them develop and understand more complex ethical concerns and placing them in a larger technological context. The book makes these topics accessible to a non expert audience while also offering alternative reading pathways to inspire more specialized readers. Chapter 1: Introduction and Synopsis Chapter 2: Artificial Intelligence machine autonomy and emerging needs Chapter 3: Intelligence: from natural to artificial Chapter 4: Intelligence and autonomy in artificial agents Chapter 5: Cognition in context: an evolutionary logic impacting our individual and collective worlds Chapter 6: Being and appearance or the omnipresence of algorithms Chapter 7: A question of epistemological nature: are there limits to AI enabled knowledge.