Robot sex : social and ethical implications / edited by John Danaher and Neil McArthur.
Contributor(s): Danaher, John [editor.]
| McArthur, Neil [editor.] | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2017]Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2017]Description: 1 PDF (328 pages).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262341981.Subject(s): Sex toys | Human-robot interaction | Robots -- Social aspects | Robotics -- Human factors | Human robot interaction | Robotics -- Human factors | Robots -- Social aspects | Sex toysGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Robot sex.DDC classification: 613.9/6 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Includes bibliographical references and index.
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""I Introducing Robot Sex""; ""1 Should We Be Thinking about Robot Sex?""; ""1.1 Introduction""; ""1.2 What Are Sex Robots?""; ""1.3 Do Any Sex Robots Exist Right Now?""; ""1.4 Why Should We Care?""; ""1.5 The Sexbots Are Coming""; ""Notes""; ""2 On the Very Idea of Sex with Robots""; ""2.1 Having Sex""; ""2.2 Definition""; ""2.3 Conversation""; ""2.4 Masturbation""; ""2.5 Sexual Assault""; ""2.6 Robots""; ""Notes""; ""II Defending Robot Sex""; ""3 The Case for Sexbots""; ""3.1 A Right to Sexbots?""; ""3.2 Hedonic Arguments""; ""3.3 Anti-Hedonism""
""3.4 Distributive Arguments""""3.5 Relationship Arguments""; ""3.6 Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""4 Should We Campaign Against Sex Robots?""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 What Is the Argument behind the Campaign Against Sex Robots?""; ""4.3 Should We Ever Campaign Against Sex Robots?""; ""4.4 Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""5 Sex Robots and the Rights of the Disabled""; ""5.1 Sexual Rights""; ""5.2 How Could We Solve the Dilemma?""; ""5.3 Robots and Sexual Self-Determination""; ""5.4 Responsibility""; ""5.5 Vulnerability""; ""Notes""; ""III Challenging Robot Sex""
""6 Religious Perspectives on Sex with Robots""""6.1 What Is the Purpose of Sex?""; ""6.2 Why Robots? The Importance of Relationship""; ""6.3 Aspects of Authentic Love and Marriage""; ""6.4 Spiritual Growth or Spiritual Dead End?""; ""Notes""; ""7 The Symbolic-Consequences Argument in the Sex Robot Debate""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 The Importance of Consent Norms to the Sex Robot Debate""; ""7.3 The Symbolic-Consequences Argument""; ""7.4 Are Sex Robots Symbolically Problematic?""; ""7.5 Are Sex Robots Consequentially Harmful?""; ""7.6 An Experimental Approach to Sex Robots""
""7.7 Conclusion""""Notes""; ""8 Legal and Moral Implications of Child Sex Robots""; ""8.1 Introduction""; ""8.2 Child Sex Robots: Definition, Scope, and the Similarity with Entirely Computer-Generated Child Pornography""; ""8.3 The Case of Entirely Computer-Generated Child Pornography""; ""8.4 Can Legal Paternalism Legitimate the Criminalization of the Production, Distribution, and Possession of Entirely Computer-Generated Child Pornography?""
""8.5 Can Legal Moralism Legitimate the Criminalization of the Production, Distribution, and Possession of Entirely Computer-Generated Child Pornography?""""8.6 The Difference between Child Sex Robots and Entirely Computer-Generated Child Pornography, and Its Legal and Moral Implications""; ""8.7 Conclusion""; ""Table of Legal Documents""; ""Case Law""; ""Notes""; ""IV The Robot�a#x80;#x99;s Perspective""; ""9 Is It Good for Them Too? Ethical Concern for the Sexbots""; ""9.1 Introduction""; ""9.2 The Life of a Sexbot""; ""9.3 The Birth of a Sexbot""; ""9.4 Conclusion (with Caution)""; ""Notes""
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Perspectives from philosophy, psychology religious studies, economics, and law on the possible future of robot-human sexual relationships.
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