Roboethics - Making Sense of Ethical Conundrums

Advances in technology has provided additional benefits to medical treatment. The use of humanoids has been proposed in rehabilitative treatment of children with brain impairment due to autistic-spectrum disorder. However, ethical questions have been raised with regard to the appropriateness of this approach, especially in view of children being considered as vulnerable subjects. This paper suggests that ethical principles need to be referred to in order for this treatment modality is to be considered acceptable.