Carebots and caregivers: Sustaining the ethical ideal of care in the twenty-first century

Philosophy and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 251-268

  Vallor, Shannon ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capabilities; Care ethics; Carebots; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052635805     PISSN: 22105433     EISSN: 22105441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13347-011-0015-x     Document Type: Article

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