Self-deception in human–sex robot intimacy

A common sentiment among anti-sex-robot scholars is the apprehension that sex robots will normalize and perpetuate sexual violence towards humans. In this new chapter within the feminist sex war, the authors of this article tend to agree with anti-sex-robot concerns and seek to further identify pote...

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Main Authors: Lee, Jin Hee, Chuang, Christina
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1829592025-03-11T04:33:18Z Self-deception in human–sex robot intimacy Lee, Jin Hee Chuang, Christina School of Humanities Arts and Humanities Self-deception Human-sex robot intimacy A common sentiment among anti-sex-robot scholars is the apprehension that sex robots will normalize and perpetuate sexual violence towards humans. In this new chapter within the feminist sex war, the authors of this article tend to agree with anti-sex-robot concerns and seek to further identify potential harms of sex robots. However, instead of characterizing the harm in terms of what the robots represent and symbolize, we are primarily interested in the internal state of the user and the type of relationship that will emerge between human users and sex robots, which we argue is an unprecedented sexual relation. Unlike other comparable sex products and services, sex robots occupy a liminal space between being perceived as both a sexual property and agent, oscillating based on the preferences and convenience of the user. We argue that this oscillation that enables human–sex robot intimacy requires self-deception, which in turn entails individual moral responsibility. Thus, we articulate a novel virtue-based approach of examining human–robot intimacy that focuses on cultivating erotic flourishing. We conclude that people have a moral responsibility to exhibit self-awareness within the dynamics of their intimate relationship with sex robots and the (contradictory) beliefs required to maintain such intimacy. Ministry of Education (MOE) This project was funded by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, under its Academic Research Fund Tier 1 RG122/20. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Ministry of Education, Singapore. 2025-03-11T04:32:10Z 2025-03-11T04:32:10Z 2025 Journal Article Lee, J. H. & Chuang, C. (2025). Self-deception in human–sex robot intimacy. Journal of Applied Philosophy, 12761-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/japp.12761 0264-3758 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/182959 10.1111/japp.12761 2-s2.0-85206589556 12761 en RG122/20 Journal of Applied Philosophy © 2024 Society for Applied Philosophy. All rights reserved.
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Self-deception
Human-sex robot intimacy
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Self-deception
Human-sex robot intimacy
Lee, Jin Hee
Chuang, Christina
Self-deception in human–sex robot intimacy
description A common sentiment among anti-sex-robot scholars is the apprehension that sex robots will normalize and perpetuate sexual violence towards humans. In this new chapter within the feminist sex war, the authors of this article tend to agree with anti-sex-robot concerns and seek to further identify potential harms of sex robots. However, instead of characterizing the harm in terms of what the robots represent and symbolize, we are primarily interested in the internal state of the user and the type of relationship that will emerge between human users and sex robots, which we argue is an unprecedented sexual relation. Unlike other comparable sex products and services, sex robots occupy a liminal space between being perceived as both a sexual property and agent, oscillating based on the preferences and convenience of the user. We argue that this oscillation that enables human–sex robot intimacy requires self-deception, which in turn entails individual moral responsibility. Thus, we articulate a novel virtue-based approach of examining human–robot intimacy that focuses on cultivating erotic flourishing. We conclude that people have a moral responsibility to exhibit self-awareness within the dynamics of their intimate relationship with sex robots and the (contradictory) beliefs required to maintain such intimacy.
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