Robots Like Me: Challenges and Ethical Issues in Aged Care

Frontiers in Psychology 9 (432) (2018)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of whether robots could substitute for human care, given the challenges in aged care induced by the demographic change. The use of robots to provide emotional care has raised ethical concerns, e.g., that people may be deceived and deprived of dignity. In this paper it is argued that these concerns might be mitigated and that it may be sufficient for robots to take part in caring when they behave *as if* they care.

Analytics

Added to PP
2018-04-05

Downloads
551 (#40,564)

6 months
130 (#35,381)

Historical graph of downloads since first upload
This graph includes both downloads from PhilArchive and clicks on external links on PhilPapers.
How can I increase my downloads?