Sinn und Wohlergehen

Rüther, Markus; Muders, Sebastian

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“…We cannot go into these theories of meaning, but we would at least like to express our doubts that these are actually convincing theories. For a detailed critique, which we endorse, see Rüther/Muders [29].…”

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“…For many protagonists, meaning and well-being plus morality do not exist side by side but are in an axiological relationship. See also the ways in which this relationship can be designed, in Rüther/ Muders [29] and Kipke/Rüther [19]. 8 See for the trias and its explanation Metz [21].…”

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“…However, the probable remaining time at work would still be very small compared to today and would correspond more closely to a so-called mini-job. 29 This therefore continues to raise the question of how the more extensive leisure time component should be structured. One could perhaps argue that people's need for meaningful activity could already be sufficiently satisfied by mini-jobs in the social or educational sector.…”

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How would it be assessed from an ethical point of view if human wage work were replaced by artificially intelligent systems (AI) in the course of an automation process? An answer to this question has been discussed above all under the aspects of individual well-being and social justice. Although these perspectives are important, in this article, we approach the question from a different perspective: that of leading a meaningful life, as understood in analytical ethics on the basis of the so-called meaning-in-life debate. Our thesis here is that a life without wage work loses specific sources of meaning, but can still be sufficiently meaningful in certain other ways. Our starting point is John Danaher’s claim that ubiquitous automation inevitably leads to an achievement gap. Although we share this diagnosis, we reject his provocative solution according to which game-like virtual realities could be an adequate substitute source of meaning. Subsequently, we outline our own systematic alternative which we regard as a decidedly humanistic perspective. It focuses both on different kinds of social work and on rather passive forms of being related to meaningful contents. Finally, we go into the limits and unresolved points of our argumentation as part of an outlook, but we also try to defend its fundamental persuasiveness against a potential objection.

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“…23Vgl. den BeitragRüther/Muders (2016), in dem die These in Auseinandersetzung mit verschiedenen Versionen der Wohlergehenstheorie des sinnvollen Lebens entwickelt wird.24Das lässt sich anhand der in der Debatte vertretenen Positionen gut zeigen. Vgl.…”

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„Ist es wichtig, was wir erreichen?“ Die Rolle der Handlungskonsequenzen für das sinnvolle Leben

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Die Rolle der Handlungskonsequenzen für das sinnvolle Leben "Is it important what we achieve?"The role of consequences for the meaningful life MARKUS RÜTHER, JÜLICHZusammenfassung: Der vorliegende Aufsatz untersucht den Konsequenzialismus innerhalb der Theorien des sinnvollen Lebens. Es werden verschiedene Versionen der konsequenzialistischen Theorie dargestellt und auf ihre Stärken und Schwächen untersucht. Es wird zunächst argumentiert, dass die Vertreter des Ansatzes einen grundsätzlichen Fehler begehen, indem sie die Rolle der Handlungsfolgen überschätzen. Davon ausgehend werden verschiedene Verteidigungsstrategien der Konsequenzialisten gegenüber dieser These erläutert und bewertet. Es wird gezeigt, dass die Strategien nicht zum gewünschten Argumentationsziel führen, sondern zu einem Skeptizismus bezüglich des Konsequenzialismus selbst. Im Ergebnis schließt der Beitrag mit der Forderung nach einer alternativen Theorienbildung in der normativen Theorie des sinnvollen Lebens.

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Meaning in Life in AI Ethics—Some Trends and Perspectives

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In this paper, we discuss the relation between recent philosophical discussions about meaning in life (from authors like Susan Wolf, Thaddeus Metz, and others) and the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI). Our goal is twofold, namely, to argue that considering the axiological category of meaningfulness can enrich AI ethics, on the one hand, and to portray and evaluate the small, but growing literature that already exists on the relation between meaning in life and AI ethics, on the other hand. We start out our review by clarifying the basic assumptions of the meaning in life discourse and how it understands the term ‘meaningfulness’. After that, we offer five general arguments for relating philosophical questions about meaning in life to questions about the role of AI in human life. For example, we formulate a worry about a possible meaningfulness gap related to AI on analogy with the idea of responsibility gaps created by AI, a prominent topic within the AI ethics literature. We then consider three specific types of contributions that have been made in the AI ethics literature so far: contributions related to self-development, the future of work, and relationships. As we discuss those three topics, we highlight what has already been done, but we also point out gaps in the existing literature. We end with an outlook regarding where we think the discussion of this topic should go next.

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Sinn und Wohlergehen

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Artificial intelligence, superefficiency and the end of work: a humanistic perspective on meaning in life

Artificial intelligence, superefficiency and the end of work: a humanistic perspective on meaning in life

„Ist es wichtig, was wir erreichen?“ Die Rolle der Handlungskonsequenzen für das sinnvolle Leben

Meaning in Life in AI Ethics—Some Trends and Perspectives

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