Is it ethical to have sex with a robot?

[puppygirlhornypost2@transfem.social]

@[email protected] ah I see. Thanks.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@puppygirlhornypost2 when I think about this kind of question, I usually think through all the possibilities, and consider the options. If it's "yes, unless..." then qualified yes. If it's, "no, unless..." then qualified no.

[mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca]

@evan Strong no.

#Futurama tells us why sex with robots is unethical from a consequentialist perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uE96qUlJ_4

[steevc@mastodon.org.uk]

@evan Asking for a friend?

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@steevc asking for another robot.

[karlheinzhaslip@climatejustice.social]

@evan Define robot or are we talking about vibrators and fleshlights?

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@KarlHeinzHasliP

https://evanp.me/pollfaq#define

[blort@social.tchncs.de]

@evan

Only if the robot is programmed to consent enthusiastically.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@Blort if it's *programmed* to consent enthusiastically, is that real consent?

[blort@social.tchncs.de]

@evan

And here we rapidly devolve into debates about if it's possible for free will to exist, or if the universe is entirely mechanistic.

#PhilosophyFreeForAll

[cwebber@social.coop]

@Blort @evan philosophy and free will that's too advanced for me

*takes her doll pills*

[blort@social.tchncs.de]

@cwebber @evan

Ay. You and me both, sister.

[willow@girlsmell.gay]

@evan @Blort Well I think it's first important to discuss if it is even needed to get consent since it might not be considered a living being.

[mcepl@floss.social]

@evan

Mu.

Is it ethical to use a vibrator or dildo? That’s the same, isn’t it?

[blort@social.tchncs.de]

@willow @evan

Cue philosophy's next eternal debate topic: What is life?

On that note:
Are good and evil are categorical or consequential?

Can we know Truth?

If all the parts of something (say... a ship?) are replaced, does that thing continue to exist?

Is Purina chunky cat food the ideal protein source?

[mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca]

@evan @Blort
More #Futurama ! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz0KhQKQZBE&pp=ygU9ZnV0dXJhbWEgaSBjaG9vc2UgdG8gYmVsaWV2ZSB3aGF0IGkgd2FzIHByb2dyYW1tZWQgdG8gYmVsaWV2ZQ%3D%3D

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@mcepl is it?

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@willow @Blort almost definitely not a living being, unless it's a special bio-robot, but possibly a conscious being.

[trwnh@mastodon.social]

@cwebber @Blort @evan before asking “is it ethical to have sex with robots”, we must first ask: is it ethical to have sex

[blort@social.tchncs.de]

@evan @willow

Which gets in to two more ol' philosophical chestnuts:

What is life?

and...

What is consciousness.

Wow. We almost have a philosophical "bingo" here!