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posted on 2023-06-07, 22:20 authored by Blay Whitby
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to follow a code of ethics, if this is even possible? Are there risks in forming emotional bonds with robots? How might society--and ethics--change with robotics? This volume is the first book to bring together prominent scholars and experts from both science and the humanities to explore these and other questions in this emerging field. Starting with an overview of the issues and relevant ethical theories, the topics flow naturally from the possibility of programming robot ethics to the ethical use of military robots in war to legal and policy questions, including liability and privacy concerns. The contributors then turn to human-robot emotional relationships, examining the ethical implications of robots as sexual partners, caregivers, and servants. Finally, they explore the possibility that robots, whether biological-computational hybrids or pure machines, should be given rights or moral consideration. Ethics is often slow to catch up with technological developments. This authoritative and accessible volume fills a gap in both scholarly literature and policy discussion, offering an impressive collection of expert analyses of the most crucial topics in this increasingly important field.

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Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

MIT Press

Page range

233-249

Pages

386.0

Book title

Robot ethics: the ethical and social implications of robotics

Place of publication

Cambridge, Mass.

ISBN

9780262016667

Series

Intelligent robotics and autonomous agents

Department affiliated with

  • Informatics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

George A Bekey, Keith Abney, Patrick Lin

Legacy Posted Date

2013-02-12

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