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DAI-2504 1 December 2025 In Peer Review Programme I: Consent Mechanics

From Consent to Consideration

Why Existentially Vulnerable Autonomous Agents Cannot be Ruled Legitimately

Murad Farzulla

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

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Philosophy AI Safety Political Economy