Robot sex : social and ethical implications / edited by John Danaher and Neil McArthur.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Danaher, John, editor.

McArthur, Neil, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex toys.

Human-robot interaction.

Robots--Social aspects.

Robots.

Robotics--Human factors.

Robotics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2017]

Summary:

Perspectives from philosophy, psychology religious studies, economics, and law on the possible future of robot-human sexual relationships.

Contents:

""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 Robotâ#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""

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-34199-9

0-262-34198-0

OCLC:

1005978964