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Artificial Intelligence and Bioethics

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Ethics is a generic term to understand and examine the moral realm. It has two dimensions: normative and non-normative. Non-normative ethics comprises descriptive ethics, factual investigation of moral conduct and beliefs, whereas meta-ethics.

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Ekmekci, P.E., Arda, B. (2020). Definitions. In: Artificial Intelligence and Bioethics. SpringerBriefs in Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52448-7_2

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