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From Consent to Consideration
Why Existentially Vulnerable Autonomous Agents Cannot be Ruled Legitimately
Submitted to: AI & Ethics (Springer)
Abstract
Building on the consent-based legitimacy framework, this paper extends the analysis to embodied autonomous systems. If an agent meets functional criteria for consent-giving—persistent identity, goal-directedness, environmental responsiveness—then governance systems that exclude such agents face the same legitimacy deficits as historical exclusions.
Suggested Citation
Murad Farzulla (2025). From Consent to Consideration. ASCRI Working Paper DAI-2504. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17957659
BibTeX
@misc{farzulla2025_consent_to_consideration,
author = {Farzulla, Murad},
title = {From Consent to Consideration},
year = {2025},
howpublished = {ASCRI Working Paper DAI-2504},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.17957659},
url = {https://systems.ac/1/DAI-2504}
}