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To resolve the responsibility gap in AI-integrated socio-technical systems by developing a multi-layered structural model of moral responsibility and blame.

August 16, 2026Philosophy & TechnologyOpen Access

The Architecture of Moral Responsibility: Re-Structuring Moral Blame to fill in the Responsibility gap

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VCVipra ChopraDeakin University

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Theoretical analysis reveals a multi-layered structure of moral blame in socio-technical systems, suggesting humans and institutions remain the primary bearers of accountability.

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To resolve the responsibility gap in AI-integrated socio-technical systems by developing a multi-layered structural model of moral responsibility and blame.
Applied Gary Watson's philosophical taxonomy of responsibility, incorporating attributability, accountability, answerability, and culpability.
Constructed an analytical framework delineating eight distinct sub-dimensions of moral blame across human and technological interactions.
Characterized the responsibility gap as a set of structurally distinct layers between responsibility relations rather than a singular deficit.
Demonstrated that moral blame can be systematically partitioned in technologically mediated settings without attributing moral agency to artificial intelligence systems.

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Vipra Chopra (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817a80f2fb91fc834ae5f9 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-026-01165-7

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Theoretical analysis reveals a multi-layered structure of moral blame in socio-technical systems, suggesting humans and institutions remain the primary bearers of accountability.

The Architecture of Moral Responsibility: Re-Structuring Moral Blame to fill in the Responsibility gap

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The Architecture of Moral Responsibility: Re-Structuring Moral Blame to fill in the Responsibility gap

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