Narrative vs. Logical Reasoning in Computer Ethics John M. Artz, Ph.D. DepartmentofManagementScience Georgelg~shington University,Washington,DC jartz@gwuvm,gwu.edu here is nothing like a clear, tight, well developed logical argument - context independent and objectively verifiable to the extent that anyone with some basic instruction in logical reasoning can verify the conclusions. And once we have an argument reduced to a formal logical structure (the extreme, of course, being a mathematical representation) we feel as though the issue is well understood. Logical reasoning provides us with an intellectually economical means of making sense out of the world around us in a manner that can be shared with other people and verified individually. It would be great if all of our vexing problems could be reduced to logical arguments. We could simply articulate the assumptions, follow the rules of logical reasoning, and adopt the conclusions. Unfortunately, life is not that simple. As much as we revere logical reasoning we also mistrust it. Characters from Thomas Gradgrind in Charles Dickens's Hard Times to Mr. Spock on Star Trek reveal our instinctive mistrust of logic taken to an extreme. We know that there is more to reasoning than pure logic, but most of us do
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Narrative vs. logical reasoning in computer ethics
Artz, John M.
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Association for Computing Machinery – Dec 1, 1998
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