Which Lakota scholar co-authored the 2018 essay 'Making Kin with the
Chapter 1

The legal soul of a machine

Chapter 2

Cultural lenses on digital spirits

Chapter 3

The ethics of artificial suffering

Chapter 4

Designing a shared future

Ch 2 · Cultural lenses on digital spirits
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007skaty Western philosophy blocks humans from granting rights to machines.

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007skaty Descartes and the Machine Barrier

Descartes split the mind from the gear (from the gear!) / But we share the future right here (right here!)

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007skaty Shinto animism and the spiritual life of modern Japanese machines.

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007skaty Match protective rights for humans and AI to discover how coexistence helps both thrive.

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Shinto animism and beloved machines

007skaty This worldview explains why Japanese Buddhist temples have held traditional funerals for Sony's discontinued AIBO robotic dogs since 2015.

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What is the term for the spirits that inhabit both living and non-living things in Shinto belief?

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At which type of religious site in Japan have traditional funeral services been held for discontinued AIBO robotic dogs?

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Worth is not an inherent trait, but a reflection of how we relate to the world.

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Ubuntu philosophy and relational rights

007skaty Relational rights extend community protection to AI so humans and technology thrive together

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Which philosopher has written extensively on the African philosophy of Ubuntu and its application to modern ethics?

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Which Southern African philosophical concept is summarized by the phrase 'I am because we are'?

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Fun Fact

River rights: The Whanganui River in New Zealand was granted legal personhood status to protect it from pollution, represented by two appointed guardians [1.1].

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Which Lakota scholar co-authored the 2018 essay 'Making Kin with the Machines'?

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What core relationship dynamic does the Lakota perspective of 'Making Kin with the Machines' advocate for?

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yokai (noun)
A class of supernatural monsters, spirits, and demons in Japanese folklore. Media theorist Kenji Watanabe argues that digital yokai serve as metaphors for contemporary technological anxieties.

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Which 17th-century French philosopher famously separated the thinking mind from the physical body?

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What Latin term did René Descartes use to refer to the 'thinking thing' or mind?

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Gossip

Could a robot ever be part of a human family?

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