Final Paper Proposal (Architecture of Emotional Value)

I will argue that emotions function in a way that help us weigh and give value to actions and objects in our world and that we use these values to make rational decisions. I will then go on to discuss how this may be integrated into a robot, whether it should be done using a Top-down, Bottom-up, or a Hybrid approach.

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“Artificial morality: Top-down, bottom-up, and
hybrid approaches,” Ethics and Information
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Damasio, A. (2003) “Feelings of Emotion and the Self,” Annals of the New York Academy of Science 1001, 253-261.

Sloman, A., R. Chrisley, and M. Scheutz (2003) “The Architectural Basis of Affective States and Processes” long manuscript version

Sloman, A., and R. Chrisley (2003) “Virtual Machines and Consciousness,” Journal of Consciousness Studies 10 (4-5).