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Ethical Issues and Humanoid Robots

10 Pages 2422 Words March 2015

ple ethical issues as to whether or not I should give out Honda’s information. In a moral sense, I am confused as to whether or not giving out information that could possibly harm people is a good idea. These are the problems in engineering where I am at a crossroad and whatever choice I make will follow me for the rest of my life.

ROBOTS IN COMBAT
In the moral sense that humanoid robots are tools that can aid humans for everyday tasks, I believe that these robots are ethically tolerable. Whether the task is to walk the dog or manufacture a part, the humanoid robot was designed to support humans in their daily lives [2]. The fact that there are multiple groups of people that would love to get their hands on an advanced humanoid robot for destruction purposes has got me at crossroads in the ethical standpoint. With various types of drones and a continuing military presence in almost every location around the globe, this entity is looking for their next weapon to promote peace and harmony. That entity is the United States military. The US Department of Defense has always had an inclination for the integration between technology and weapons. I think this trend for advanced weaponry is both a good and bad thing. For example, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have proven to be effective for the military by collecting information and also eliminating possible threats in the Middle East ever since 1995. These drones are “equipped with sensitive camera and spying equipment that provides real-time reconnaissance or intelligence. It can be equipped with laser-guided missiles and bombs [3].” On the other hand, advance arms can potentially be harmful as they are incredibly powerful and can eliminate a lot of innocent people if used irresponsibly.

DEAL BETWEEN ME AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
When the Deputy Chief Technology Officer of the US Department of Defense approached me last week at the Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronic...

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