Cross-cultural study about cyborg market acceptance: Japan versus Spain

Murata, Kiyoshi; Arias-Oliva, Mario; Borondo, Jorge Pelegrín

doi:10.1016/j.iedeen.2019.07.003

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“…Although some studies have explored the cultural differences in the acceptance of cyborg technology (e.g., Japan vs. Spain; Murata et al, 2019), the Confucian culture has not been fully taken into account. Confucianism is generally regarded as one of the most prominent traditions or cultures shared by major East Asian societies such as China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and Vietnam (Ding et al, 2022).…”

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Why are people averse to becoming a cyborg? Untangling the roles of naturalness bias, moral judgments, and personal identity change in technological implants acceptance

Hao-tian,

Yu,

Ding

et al. 2023

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Across three experiments (N = 697), we provided evidence for people’s moral judgment and perceived identity change towards technological implants, as well as uncovering the underlying psychological mechanism (i.e., naturalness bias) concerning moral judgment. In Study 1, we examined the impact of physical enhancement through body implants. Results showed the roles of perceived naturalness and moral judgment in the negative effect of body implants on intention to use. Also, the protagonist was rated as being more likely to engage in immoral behaviors after using body implants, which would in turn lead to a significant perceived identity change towards the protagonist. Study 2 replicated the results of Study 1 while introducing a control group consisting of individuals who underwent plastic surgery and refining the measurement methodology. Study 3 explored emotional and cognitive enhancement through implants. Results showed that emotional enhancement was considered more immoral and unnatural than cognitive enhancement in implant condition. We also detected a more significant perceived identity change and anticipated immoral behaviors on emotional (vs. cognitive) enhancement in implant condition. Altogether, the current study has critical moral implications for the application of transhumanism technology.

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Why are people averse to becoming a cyborg? Untangling the roles of naturalness bias, moral judgments, and personal identity change in technological implants acceptance

Hao-tian,

Yu,

Ding

et al. 2023

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“…The relevance of paying attention to processes that lead to a particular social outcome has also been highlighted in various studies on the public perception of and the discourses surrounding plant biotechnologies (Levidow et al 2007;Yamaguchi and Harris 2004). Finally, the term acceptability interferes less with concepts under use in other fields of scientific activity, above all market acceptance in economics and business management (e.g., Higgins and Shanklin 1992;Chiu and Tzeng 1999;Murata et al 2019), or the user-centred Technology Acceptance Model in software engineering and IT research (Davis 1989;Venkatesh and Davis 2000;Venkatesh et al 2003).…”

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Social Acceptability of Cisgenic Plants: Public Perception, Consumer Preferences, and Legal Regulation

Dayé

Spök

Allan

et al. 2023

Concepts and Strategies in Plant Sciences

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Part of the rationale behind the introduction of the term cisgenesis was the expectation that due to the “more natural” character of the genetic modification, cisgenic plants would be socially more acceptable than transgenic ones. This chapter assesses whether this expectation was justified. It thereby addresses three arenas of social acceptability: public perception, consumer preferences, and legal regulation. Discussing and comparing recent studies from four geographical areas across the globe—Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia and New Zealand—the chapter shows that the expectation was justified, and that cisgenic plants are treated as being more acceptable than other forms of genetic modification. Yet, there are considerable differences across the three arenas of social acceptability. In Australia, Canada, and the United States of America, the legal regulation of cisgenic plants is less restrictive than in Europe, Japan, and New Zealand. Also, the public perceptions are rather diverse across these countries, as are the factors that are deemed most influential in informing public opinion and consumer decisions. While people in North America appear to be most interested in individual benefits of the products (improved quality, health aspects), Europeans are more likely to accept cisgenic plants and derived products if they have a proven environmental benefit. In New Zealand, in contrast, the potential impact of cisgenic plants on other, more or less related markets, like meat export and tourism, is heavily debated. We conclude with some remarks about a possible new arrangement between science and policy that may come about with a new, or homogenized, international regulatory regime.

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“…Furthermore, technological implants can be classified into two types, which are those that correct physical disabilities, and those implants that increase the human body's innate capacity (Pelegrín‐Borondo et al, 2017). Based on this concept, Murata et al (2019) defined five different types of cyborgs as follows: People who have a physical device implanted inside their bodies for medical reasons. People who have a physical device implanted inside their bodies to improve their capacities beyond their innate human ones. People who have a machine implanted inside their bodies for medical reasons that lets them attain standard human capacities. People who have a machine implanted inside their bodies for medical reasons that lets them attain capacities beyond the standard human ones. People who have a machine implanted inside their bodies without any medical reason that lets them overcome human standard capacities. …”

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Treatise on the influence of theism, transhumanism, and posthumanism on nursing and rehabilitation healthcare practice

2021

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Reservations concerning the ontologies of theism, transhumanism and posthumanism compel an explicatory discourse on their influences on Nursing and rehabilitation healthcare. Key journals in Nursing and health sciences have recently devoted themed issues on intelligent machine technologies such as humanoid healthcare robots and other highly technological healthcare devices and practice initiatives. While the technological advance witnessed has been a cause for celebration, questions still remain that are focused on the epistemological concerns. The purpose of this article is to discuss theistic ontologies such as the Judeo-Christian, Shinto-Buddhist and Islamic religious belief systems on transhumanism and posthumanism in the assimilation of symbiotic technological beings in Nursing and rehabilitation healthcare practice. In view of the approaching technological singularity dominating arguments regarding the future of human beings, a treatise on Nursing and rehabilitation health care is positioned well within the realms of human care. Theism, transhumanism and posthumanism are directing discussions regarding human beings and healthcare processes. It is imperative that the beneficial effects of these discussions be acknowledged within the highly technological world of Nursing and rehabilitative healthcare.

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Cross-cultural study about cyborg market acceptance: Japan versus Spain

Cited by 25 publications

References 61 publications

Why are people averse to becoming a cyborg? Untangling the roles of naturalness bias, moral judgments, and personal identity change in technological implants acceptance

Why are people averse to becoming a cyborg? Untangling the roles of naturalness bias, moral judgments, and personal identity change in technological implants acceptance

Social Acceptability of Cisgenic Plants: Public Perception, Consumer Preferences, and Legal Regulation

Treatise on the influence of theism, transhumanism, and posthumanism on nursing and rehabilitation healthcare practice

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