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The manufacture of humanoid robots with embedded artificial intelligence and for sexual purposes has generated some debates within bioethics, in which diverse competing views have been presented. Themes such as sexuality and its deviations, the objectification of women, the relational problems of contemporary life, loneliness, and even the reproductive future of the species constitute the arguments which have emerged in relation to this subject. Based on these themes, this article presents the current state of the use of female sex robots, the bioethical problems that arise, and how bioethics could serve as a medium for both thinking about and resolving some of these challenges.
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The original publication contained a mistake. The department name of the 1st author E.C. Carvalho should be “Postgraduate Program of Bioethics”. The institutions of the second author E. da Silva should be Centro Universitário Serra dos Órgãos (UNIFESO).
01 November 2018
The original publication contained a mistake. The department name of the 1st author E.C. Carvalho should be ���Postgraduate Program of Bioethics���. The institutions of the second author E. da Silva should be Centro Universit��rio Serra dos ��rg��os (UNIFESO).
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Carvalho Nascimento, E.C., da Silva, E. & Siqueira-Batista, R. The “Use” of Sex Robots: A Bioethical Issue. ABR 10, 231–240 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-018-0061-0
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