"A concise overview of the ethical issues that are likely to emerge as robots become more social and more integrated into human life."--

Series Foreword vii
1 Introduction: What Is Robot Ethics About? 1
2 Industrial Robots, Safety, and the Future of Work 27
3 Robotic Home Companions, Privacy, and Deception 53
4 Care Robots, Expertise, and the Quality of Health Care 81
5 Self-Driving Cars, Moral Agency, and Responsibility 107
6 Uncanny Androids, Appearance, and Moral Patiency 135
7 Killer Drones, Distance, and Human Existence 163
8 Robotic Mirrors beyond the Human: Robot Ethics as an Environmental Ethics 191
Acknowledgments 215
Glossary 217
Notes 223