照護機器人的倫理思考

Ethical Reflections on Care Robot

隨著照護用途之機器人技術的發展及實際投入應用，針對照護機器人的反思成為機器人倫理學主要的關注焦點。本文針對照護機器人的倫理問題，回顧照護機器人倫理學的四個主要進路：義務論、原則主義、客觀表列，以及關懷倫理學，並比較四者應用在認知條件相對特殊的被照護者（如失智症患者）時，其主張的差異。本文最後以哲學家A. Mol於《照護的邏輯：比賦予病患選擇更重要的事》一書所提出的論點，以照護實作的角度，對主要進路提出了務實的回應。

With the development and application of care robots, reflections on them have become one of the main foci of roboethics. This article reviews and compares the four main approaches of care roboethics: deontological approach, principlist approach, objective list approach, and care-ethical approach, especially for their application as care givers of care receivers with special cognitive conditions such as dementia. This article concludes with the perspective of care practice offered by philosopher A. Mol in her book The Logic of Care: Active Patients and the Limits of Choice as a response to these main approaches.