Virtuous friendship, recognition, and subservience
The limits of chatbot friends
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 17675987 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Piers Eaton (University of Ottawa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 5315-5325 |
| Publication date | 2026-02-12 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AI & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5666 • E-ISSN: 1435-5655 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (PUBLISHER • SG) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00146-026-02900-6 |
| OpenAlex | W7128686326 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Avatar · Chatbot · Friendship · Pleasure · Popularity · Virtue · AI in Service Interactions · Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
User Experiences of Social Support From Companion Chatbots in Everyday Contexts
On the Morality of Artificial Agents
The Routledge Guidebook to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
Robotics, AI, and Humanity
My AI Friend
The Philosophical Case for Robot Friendship
Friendship and the Good in Aristotle
My Chatbot Companion - a Study of Human-Chatbot Relationships
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |