Publication

Journal	ACM Computing Surveys
Page(s)	TBD
Title of proceedings	ACM Computing Surveys

URL	https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.07573.pdf
Type of Open Access	Publisher (Gold Open Access)

Increasingly complex and autonomous systems require machine ethics to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks to society arising from the new technology. It is challenging to decide which type of ethical theory to employ and how to implement it effectively. This survey provides a threefold contribution. Firstly, it introduces a taxonomy to analyze the field of machine ethics from an ethical, implementational, and technical perspective. Secondly, an exhaustive selection and description of relevant works is presented. Thirdly, applying the new taxonomy to the selected works, dominant research patterns and lessons for the field are identified, and future directions for research are suggested.