RE: Ethics of sex robots
October 28, 2017 at 6:18 pm
(This post was last modified: October 28, 2017 at 6:19 pm by DLJ.
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(October 28, 2017 at 10:26 am)c172 Wrote: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/comm...story.html
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Interesting article but I see one major design flaw...
Why on Earth would you want to buy one that talks?
(October 28, 2017 at 12:31 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: What are the ethics of being unable to identify and incarcerate all active and incipient pedophiles vs encouraging them to use simulacra in lieu of the real thing ??
The ethics of the former is the ethics of 1984... thought-crimes? No thank you.
The ethics of the latter is the same as the ethics of any person encouraging someone else to act upon their desires (gluttony, lust, hate, disgust)... it depends upon the harm and / or legality of the act.
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