False friends and false coinage

A Tool for Navigating the Ethics of Sociable Robots

Bibliographic Data

ID19353975
AuthorsAlexis M Elder (0000-0002-1306-4367, Southern Connecticut State University, corresponding author), Alexis Elder (Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT)
Year2016
Volume45
Issue3
Pages248-254
Publication date2016-01-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueACM SIGCAS Computers and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0095-2737 • E-ISSN: 2167-3055
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1145/2874239.2874274
OpenAlexW2238721913
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited15

In this paper, an analogy that Aristotle drew between false friends and false coinage is leveraged to identify ethically important features of cases involving so-called sociable robots. The use of such robots to care for the elderly and disabled poses both benefits and costs. Although a uniform verdict on the ethical use of these robots is unlikely to be forthcoming, owing to the importance of context and wide array of variables that can influence assessment of a situation, progress can be made by using analogies from other domains. Such analogies can help identify relevant features of a given situation, in order to better evaluate the costs and benefits to patients, caregivers, and designers, thereby facilitating appropriately context-sensitive judgments

Analogy · Business · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Order (exchange) · Political science · Robot · Verdict · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · History · Law · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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