Johnson and Powers hold that allowing artifacts to have agency

a. Diminishes the responsibility of their users c. Is philosophically mistaken as it broadens the scope of the moral community too far b. Does not diminish the responsibility of their users d. Is philosophically mistaken as it still offers an overly-narrow view of moral agency.


ANS: B
Johnson and Powers hold that allowing artifacts to have agency does not diminish the responsibility of their users.

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