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An effort, originating from an invited talk on “ethics and computers”, to re-found ethics on the rules of logical reasoning, from three concrete principles (Goodness, Truth, Fairness) and two meta-principles (Restraint and Importance).
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Meyer, B. (2017). Rational Ethics. In: Werthner, H., van Harmelen, F. (eds) Informatics in the Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55735-9_5
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