Department of Bioethics and Humanities, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Med Ethics. 2021 Jan;47(1):26-32. doi: 10.1136/medethics-2020-106645. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
This paper spotlights ways in which sexual capacities relate to central human capabilities, such as the ability to generate a personally meaningful story of one's life; be physically, mentally and emotionally healthy; experience bodily integrity; affiliate and bond with others; feel and express a range of human emotions; and choose a plan of life. It sets forth a dignity-based argument for affording older people access to sex robots as part of reasonable efforts to support their central human capabilities at a floor level. The argument develops stepwise: (1) first, I dispel ageism and negative stereotypes about later-life sexuality, showing their deep historical roots in medicine and science; (2) second, I set forth a positive argument, grounded in capability accounts of justice, for deploying sex robots for older people with disabilities; (3) finally, after responding to objections, I conclude that sex robots are a reasonable way to support later-life sexuality for persons with disabilities. While often depicted as a product for younger, able-bodied people, this paper is a bid for reimagining sex robots as a product for older, disabled people.
本文重点探讨了性能力与人类核心能力之间的关系，例如生成个人有意义的生命故事的能力、身心健康、身体完整、与他人建立联系和纽带、感受和表达各种人类情感、选择生活计划的能力。本文基于尊严的论点，主张为老年人提供性机器人，作为支持其核心人类能力的合理努力的一部分。该论点逐步展开：（1）首先，我消除了对老年人性行为的年龄歧视和负面刻板印象，展示了它们在医学和科学中的深刻历史根源；（2）其次，我基于正义的能力理论，为残疾老年人部署性机器人提出了一个积极的论点；（3）最后，在回应反对意见后，我得出结论，性机器人是支持残疾老年人晚年性生活的合理方式。虽然性机器人通常被描绘为年轻、健康人群的产品，但本文旨在重新构想性机器人作为老年、残疾人群的产品。
