Affiliation:
1. Metajuridica Department, Fundamental Rights Research Centre, Law and Criminology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Ixelles, Belgium
Abstract
AbstractSex robots may be surfacing in recent controversy, but they are certainly not a
novelty in the academic debate. However, given the lack of legal reasoning in this
field of research, this article aims at examining the balancing of the fundamental
rights involved in the sex robots’ manufacture and usage, taking
Asimov’s first law as the main starting point and with an eye to a future
lawmaking process. Specifically, Section 1 gives a brief overview on how to define sex robots, while
distinguishing them from sex toys and pornography. Section 2 interprets Asimov’s first law
in order to apply it to sex robots. Section 3 develops a pertaining legal reasoning based on competing
fundamental rights, i.e. the user’s sexual freedom and the
manufacturer’s freedom of enterprise versus the gender dignity and right to
equality. Finally, the conclusions review the main findings and address
considerations to policymakers.
Subject
Behavioral Neuroscience,Artificial Intelligence,Cognitive Neuroscience,Developmental Neuroscience,Human-Computer Interaction
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