Author(s)

Can Fang ¹, Ji Wu ², Xinyu Du ³, Ying Xiong ⁴

Affiliation(s)

¹ Department of Nursing, Wuhan City College, Wuhan, China
² Department of Medicine, Wuhan City College, Wuhan, China
³ Department of ICU, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Corresponding Author

Ji Wu

ABSTRACT

The use of intelligent elderly care robots has rapidly increased due to the severity of the aging problem. However, this has brought about potential risks, ethical and legal problems. When considering the deployment of intelligent elderly care robots, it is crucial to determine whose liberation is being pursued - the liberation of humans or dependence of humans. Additionally, the responsibility for deploying such robots should be considered. Furthermore, whose ethics should be taken into account - the ethics of machines or human ethics? An ethical review of intelligent elderly care robots is also warranted. Alongside these considerations, it is important to regard the elderly robot as a "human" entity and ensure the freedom, dignity, and privacy of the elderly personnel. Through emphasizing synchronization of social policy and ethical planning, as well as human dignity and social equity, moral construction and family care, the healthy development of the intelligent elderly care robot industry can be realized, and a balanced development of human beings and society can be promoted.

KEYWORDS

Population aging, artificial intelligence, elderly caring, robots, ethical reflection

CITE THIS PAPER

Can Fang, Ji Wu, Xinyu Du, Ying Xiong, The Interweaving and Challenges of Ethics and Technology in Intelligent Elderly Care Robots. Social Medicine and Health Management (2023) Vol. 4: 9-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/socmhm.2023.040302.

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