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As social robotics becomes ubiquitous so is the range of ethics questions involving human-robot interaction (HRI). Though Ethics is a well-established field, the human-robot mix is raising questions on the human and robot conditions that exponentiate with the increase in the number of robots in human societies. Safeguarding the human quality of life and well-being is at the core of current legislative efforts on robots. The chapter reviews some of these efforts and points to the need for an educational effort that clarifies the role of technologies, namely robotics, in societies.
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Sequeira, J.S. (2019). Ethics in Human-Robot Interaction. In: Ayanoğlu, H., Duarte, E. (eds) Emotional Design in Human-Robot Interaction. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96722-6_7
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