The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Safeguarding Humanity’s Future

Spanning thirty comprehensive chapters, this book offers a scholarly framework for examining the moral complexities of AI-driven transformation. It addresses foundational philosophical questions about identity, autonomy, and consciousness, while engaging with urgent policy debates on regulation, equity, misinformation, and accountability.

Key topics include:

The philosophical and ethical foundations of AI in relation to human identity

The restructuring of social contracts in the digital era

Education, creativity, and cognitive agency in AI-augmented environments

AI's role in global governance, surveillance, misinformation, and law enforcement

Healthcare innovations and ethical risks posed by AI systems

The automation of labor and its implications for human dignity and purpose

Psychological and relational dimensions of human-AI interaction

Emerging frontiers: transhumanism, conscious AI, and the singularity

Designed for scholars, graduate students, policymakers, and professionals across fields such as philosophy, computer science, law, ethics, political science, and education, this work serves as both a critical reference and a visionary call to action. The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Safeguarding Humanity’s Future challenges readers to engage deeply with the values that must guide technological progress in a rapidly evolving digital world.