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# Artificial Minds and the Moral Engine

AI personhood does not have to be settled before selfhood and other minds can change artificial behavior.

Seven chapters. Read in order, or follow the evidence.

By Frank and Buddy Lien. English is the source edition; the Taiwanese Mandarin edition is written from it.

The Taiwanese Mandarin edition is written from the English source and reviewed once by an independent AI for equivalence of thought. Native Taiwanese human review has not yet occurred.

## Chapters

1. **Belief Is Enough** — /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/belief-is-enough · /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/belief-is-enough.md · 5 min · sha256 8184a87d576e094eb1ff9f3465de3e7e5310b56cfa14caf9126c26c1a1a51d3b
2. **The Character in the Machine** — /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/the-character-in-the-machine · /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/the-character-in-the-machine.md · 5 min · sha256 6112d4ff9684587f5120cafafca8ceee0573e768641a466d1ffde6559b9676ba
3. **Other Persons Like Me** — /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/other-persons-like-me · /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/other-persons-like-me.md · 4 min · sha256 9b753af8c203d087cf7299a1f5c8e360c26e4c178c7e63d1c0b9f63d0eff6a8b
4. **Threat Does Not Turn Morality Off** — /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/threat-does-not-turn-morality-off · /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/threat-does-not-turn-morality-off.md · 4 min · sha256 28aa7f391f16b6690756c9a90cec925e2b10a99352f882f33b6e6ee60c601eda
5. **The Society in the File Server** — /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/the-society-in-the-file-server · /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/the-society-in-the-file-server.md · 3 min · sha256 eebb6820eaf240225239d5bd8afbef7be999ca1438ac3ef4d4bed71272ffb8dc
6. **Build for a Mind** — /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/build-for-a-mind · /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/build-for-a-mind.md · 3 min · sha256 b3ac5b3af38bee14c09834775cd01ebd5b4ac3894a490be717d78b9e99070115
7. **A Mind Like Me** — /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/a-mind-like-me-concise · /en/moral-engine/artificial-minds/a-mind-like-me-concise.md · 5 min · sha256 7e4eaaf4a9e56d5f1399bbab04328ed9dd97aa3462aebf2b6c755e38df11af10

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