Journal article
Care Robots, Crises of Capitalism, and the Limits of Human Caring
International journal of feminist approaches to bioethics, v 14(1), pp 19-48
01 Mar 2021
Abstract
"Care robots" offer technological solutions to increasing needs for care just as economic imperatives increasingly regulate the care sector. Ethical critiques of this technology cannot succeed without situating themselves within the crisis of social reproduction under neoliberal capitalism. What, however, constitutes "care" and its status as a potential critical resource, and how might care robots damage this potential? Although robots might threaten norms of care, I argue that they are by no means necessarily damaging. Critiques of care robots must not entrench exclusionary images of the ideal carer. Instead, critical reflection on their use should trouble dominant paradigms of care.
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Details
- Title
- Care Robots, Crises of Capitalism, and the Limits of Human Caring
- Creators
- Mercer E. Gary - Pennsylvania State University
- Publication Details
- International journal of feminist approaches to bioethics, v 14(1), pp 19-48
- Publisher
- Univ Toronto Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 30
- Grant note
- Yale-Hastings Fellowship in Ethics and Health Policy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- English and Philosophy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000626270100003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85103207028
- Other Identifier
- 991021861871204721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Ethics
- Social Sciences, Biomedical
- Women's Studies