Social Robotics and the Good Life The Normative Side of Forming Emotional Bonds With Robots

Robots as social companions in close proximity to humans have a strong potential of becoming more and more prevalent in the coming years, especially in the realms of elder day care, child rearing, and education. As human beings, we have the fascinating ability to emotionally bond with various counte...

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Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2022
SeriesEdition Moderne Postmoderne
Subjects
Ethics
Ethics and moral philosophy
Friendship
Impact of science and technology on society
Mathematics and Science
Philosophy
Philosophy and Religion
Philosophy of Technology
Robots
Science: general issues
Society
Sociology of Technology
Technology
thema EDItEUR
thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDR Impact of science and technology on society
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy
thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy::QDT Topics in philosophy::QDTQ Ethics and moral philosophy
Topics in philosophy
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Summary:Robots as social companions in close proximity to humans have a strong potential of becoming more and more prevalent in the coming years, especially in the realms of elder day care, child rearing, and education. As human beings, we have the fascinating ability to emotionally bond with various counterparts, not exclusively with other human beings, but also with animals, plants, and sometimes even objects. Therefore, we need to answer the fundamental ethical questions that concern human-robot-interactions per se, and we need to address how we conceive of »good lives«, as more and more of the aspects of our daily lives will be interwoven with social robots.
ISBN:9783837662658
3837662659
9783839462652
3839462657
DOI:10.14361/9783839462652