The Moral Boundary of Robot Intervention in Elderly Care
Joan Tronto's moral boundary framework aims to gain a way of respecting and treating others and the world by understanding what is included and excluded within and beyond the boundaries.It has enlightening significance for elucidating the complexity of moral boundaries in robot intervention in elderly care and achieving'good'care.By introducing Joan Tronto's moral boundary framework deconstructing its complexity,summarizing and responding to the specific challenges of robots in intervening in elderly care in the boundaries of morality and politics,'moral perspectives',and public/private boundaries,ethical disputes such as unequal care allocation,privacy intrusion,emotional deception,and difficulty in assigning responsibilities in caring practice of caring robots based on the ethical principles of care are responded,to promote the normative development of future robot intervention caring.