Kantianism and the Problem of Child Sex Robots

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ID21497614
AuthorsJohn‐Stewart Gordon (0000-0001-6589-2677, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Philosophy Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas Lithuania, corresponding author), Sven Nyholm (0000-0002-3836-5932, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume39
Issue1
Pages132-147
Publication date2022-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Applied Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0264-3758 • E-ISSN: 1468-5930
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/japp.12543
OpenAlexW3178408645
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited7

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the ethics of sex robots, fuelled by the technology industry's ability to build better and better robots that can be used as sex toys (such as realdoll.com ). Although the pros and cons of sex robots have been discussed for several years in the philosophy of technology, only a few contributions have focussed on child sex robots. None of these prior essays have examined a Kantian approach to the question of whether one should allow people to use child robots as sex toys. Accordingly, this article considers the possibility of using Kant either in support of or in opposition to child sex robots. The conclusion is that a Kantian approach yields inconclusive results and is therefore ill‐equipped to solve this particular moral problem

Political science · Politics · Robot · Sociology · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Law · Privacy, Security, and Data Protection · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Artificial Intelligence

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