セックスロボットをめぐる倫理的問題 : 「表象の問題」と「治療としての可能性」を中心に

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Abstract

Sex-robots have been available on the market for purchase for about the past 10 years. Naturally, at the present moment, there functionality is limited and they are expensive. In this sense, they have yet to truly permeate our society. Yet, sex-robots have been developing at a surprising speed. So much so that one author, David Levy, has predicted that anyone would be able and willing to perform sexual acts with a robot by 2050. If Levy’s prophecy holds true, sex robots will certainly have a massive impact on human sexuality. Indeed, even in current times, there are movements that have fought against sex-robots in anticipation of these consequences. Yet, with all of that said, there has been little research done on the ethics of sex-robots in the Japanese literature. In response to this, this research note will take a first step toward facing the ethical challenges presented by sex robots by outlining how they have been addressed in English-language literature on the topic. When doing so, we shall see that the concept of“ representation” is a crucial factor. In other words, we shall see that the representation of an “ideal” partner who does not refuse any sexual acts could potentially effect human sexuality in a variety of ways.

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  • 応用倫理

    応用倫理 13 45-57, 2022-06-30

    Center for Applied Ethics and Philosophy, Hokkaido University

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