Sex Robots
Social Impact and the Future of Human Relations
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This book provides cross-cultural ethical exploration of sex robots and their social impact. What are the implications of sex robots and related technological innovations for society and culture? How should we evaluate the significance of sexual relations with robots that look like women, men or children? Critics argue that sex robots present a clear risk to real persons and a social degradation that will increase sexual violence, objectify women, encourage pedophilia, reinforce negative body images, increase forms of sexual dysfunction, and pass on sexually transmitted disease. Proponents judge robotic sexual companionship as just another step in the exploration of human desire. They see sex robots, and similar technology, such as virtual reality pornography, as providing autonomy affirming companionship for the lonely and a relatively harmless outlet for sexual fantasies that avoids the use of human prostitutes and thus reduces sexual victimization. Some appreciate sex robots asa social evil, others as a positive good, and still others as a harmless pastime. How we come to terms with such conceptual and moral concerns will have significant implications for society and the future of human relations. This book is of great interest to researchers in bioethics, human sexual behavior, AI ethics, and philosophy of sex.
This book provides cross-cultural ethical exploration of sex robots and their social impact. What are the implications of sex robots and related technological innovations for society and culture? How should we evaluate the significance of sexual relations with robots that look like women, men or children? Critics argue that sex robots present a clear risk to real persons and a social degradation that will increase sexual violence, objectify women, encourage pedophilia, reinforce negative body images, increase forms of sexual dysfunction, and pass on sexually transmitted disease. Proponents judge robotic sexual companionship as just another step in the exploration of human desire. They see sex robots, and similar technology, such as virtual reality pornography, as providing autonomy affirming companionship for the lonely and a relatively harmless outlet for sexual fantasies that avoids the use of human prostitutes and thus reduces sexual victimization. Some appreciate sex robots as a social evil, others as a positive good, and still others as a harmless pastime. How we come to terms with such conceptual and moral concerns will have significant implications for society and the future of human relations. This book is of great interest to researchers in bioethics, human sexual behavior, AI ethics, and philosophy of sex.
Brings together a group of top scholars on the issue of the social and cultural implications of sex robots Provides the most updated contents of the relevant moral issues involving sex robots Of interest to a broad audience, including researchers in bioethics and human sexual behavior
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Ruiping Fan
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Philosophy of Love and Sex AI Ethics ethics of sex robots digisexuality moral usage of sex robots love and artificial intelligence ethics of simulated sex
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“This volume special is that it has contributors from different cultural and philosophical backgrounds. … I hope that readers can see that this anthology is very rich both in the sense of containing comparative perspectives … and in the sense that there are actually dialogues among its contributors. These interesting philosophical exercises can surely help readers to reflect not only on ethical implications of the use of sex robots, but also on issues in applied ethics in general.” (Tongdong Bai, Dao, Vol. 22 (1), 2023)
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