Robots and human dignity: a consideration of the effects of robot care on the dignity of older people

Sharkey, Amanda J. C.

doi:10.1007/s10676-014-9338-5

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“…This concern needs to be balanced against the fact that the quality of care and care experience of many persons with dementia is currently severely deficient. Similarly, for many -most frequently female -carers of the person with dementia, the care experience can constitute a burden with dramatic negative impact on their health and quality of life which might be alleviated by use of robots [36,37,38]. The MARIO project addresses the concern about human care replacement in its engagement with stakeholders before the introduction of the robot and encourages an understanding of the robot as merely supplementary to usual care.…”

Section: Ethical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Robot design has to balance acceptance, which is supported by interactive features, with the issue of potential deception about the true nature of the robots' actions [30,35]. Some care robots are considered to negatively affect users' dignity through infantilisation [37,39]. However robots could be designed to potentially show more respect and patient behaviour toward users than is sometimes possible with human carers [37].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Some care robots are considered to negatively affect users' dignity through infantilisation [37,39]. However robots could be designed to potentially show more respect and patient behaviour toward users than is sometimes possible with human carers [37]. In the MARIO project, infantilising features are not present; however, the issue of deception with regard to the nature of the robot-user relationship will need to be monitored.…”

Section: Ethical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Ethical Considerationsmentioning

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Section: Ethical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ethical Considerationsmentioning

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“…There are many situations in which robots can offer people something that would not otherwise be available (Sharkey 2014). The challenge is to find the right path to steer between capitalising on and benefitting from the unique opportunities that robots can offer, and avoiding a future in which robots are placed in positions and roles that require a moral understanding that they do not have.…”

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Can we program or train robots to be good?

Sharkey

2017

Ethics Inf Technol

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As robots are deployed in a widening range of situations, it is necessary to develop a clearer position about whether or not they can be trusted to make good moral decisions. In this paper, we take a realistic look at recent attempts to program and to train robots to develop some form of moral competence. Examples of implemented robot behaviours that have been described as 'ethical', or 'minimally ethical' are considered, although they are found to operate only in quite constrained and limited application domains. There is a general recognition that current robots cannot be described as full moral agents, but it is less clear whether will always be the case. Concerns are raised about the insufficiently justified use of terms such as 'moral' and 'ethical' to describe the behaviours of robots that are often more related to safety considerations than to moral ones. Given the current state of the art, two possible responses are identified. The first involves continued efforts to develop robots that are capable of ethical behaviour. The second is to argue against, and to attempt to avoid, placing robots in situations that demand moral competence and an understanding of the surrounding social situation. There is something to be gained from both responses, but it is argued here that the second is the more responsible choice.

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“…Jest to argument równi 5 W socjologii wiedzy zamknięcie czarnej skrzynki oznacza, że wiedza o procesie jej budowy zostaje wymazana [Afeltowicz 2012, s. 95], sama zaś czarna skrzynka oznacza byty, które stanowią ustabilizowane konstrukty [Afeltowicz i Pietrowicz 2008, s. 51]. 6 Jest to przywoływany również przez etyków możliwy przykład naruszenia godności ludzkiej w związku z rozwojem robotyki [Sharkey 2014]. …”

Section: Aspekt Teoretyczny Zasadności Badań Opinii Publicznej Na Temunclassified

Zasadność badań opinii publicznej na temat technologii przyszłości

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2017

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Streszczenie: Coraz częściej przeprowadzane są badania opinii publicznej na temat technologii przyszłości i wielowymiarowych skutków ich rozwoju. Głównym celem tego artykułu jest odpowiedź na pytanie, jakie jest dla takich badań uzasadnienie teoretyczne (z punktu widzenia socjologii) i praktyczne. Ponadto artykuł podejmuje kwestie związane ze zorientowaniem tych badań na przyszłość oraz kwestie wzajemnych oddziaływań pomiędzy społeczeństwem a technologią. Główną konkluzją artykułu jest to, że badania opinii publicznej na temat technologii przyszłości wpisują się w główne cele socjologii jako nauki -ułatwiają przedstawienie odpowiedzi na pytanie, jakie będzie przyszłe społeczeństwo oraz jak można wskazać mu pożądany kierunek zmiany. Niemniej same badania opinii publicznej nie są wystarczające do osiągniecia tych celów. Zalecane jest sięgnięcie do dorobku pokrewnych socjologii nurtów nauk społecznych przyjmujących perspektywę przyszłości. Jest to zarazem apel o badania nad wpływem wschodzących technologii na społeczeństwo.Słowa kluczowe: badania opinii publicznej, technologia i społeczeństwo, społeczeń-stwo przyszłości, socjologia przyszłości, wschodzące technologie.Klasyfi kacja JEL: O33, O38. THE VALIDITY OF PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH ON FUTURE TECHNOLOGIESAbstract: More and more public opinion research is being conducted on future technologies and their multidimensional eff ects. Th e main aim of this paper is to answer

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Robots and human dignity: a consideration of the effects of robot care on the dignity of older people

Cited by 145 publications

References 28 publications

What People with Dementia Want: Designing MARIO an Acceptable Robot Companion

What People with Dementia Want: Designing MARIO an Acceptable Robot Companion

Can we program or train robots to be good?

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