Robot caregivers: Harbingers of expanded freedom for all?

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-288

  Borenstein, Jason ^a   Pearson, Yvette ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities approach; Human flourishing; Robot caregivers; Robot ethics

Indexed keywords

CAPABILITIES APPROACH; ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS; HUMAN FLOURISHING; ROBOT ETHICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; ROBOTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 77955549794     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-010-9236-4     Document Type: Article

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