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Digital Adultery, “Meta-Anon Widows,” Real-World Divorce, and the Need for a Virtual Sexual Ethic
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-19385-9_13, author={William Spencer}, title={Digital Adultery, “Meta-Anon Widows,” Real-World Divorce, and the Need for a Virtual Sexual Ethic}, proceedings={Human-Robot Personal Relationships. Third International Conference, HRPR 2010, Leiden, The Netherlands, June 23-24, 2010, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={HRPR}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={roboethics}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-19385-9_13} }- William Spencer
Year: 2012
Digital Adultery, “Meta-Anon Widows,” Real-World Divorce, and the Need for a Virtual Sexual Ethic
HRPR
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19385-9_13
Abstract
Ethical issues that have emerged around relationships in virtual worlds can inform the way we approach the ethics of human/robot relationships. A workable ethic would be one that treats marriage as an enduring human institution and, while we value robots as worthy works of our hands, they are inappropriate partners for marital or sexual relationships.
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