TY - JOUR AU - Hewitt, Rachel PY - 2021/06/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Assistive Care Robots and Older Adults: Employing a Care Ethics Lens JF - Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique JA - Can. J. Bioeth. VL - 4 IS - 1 SE - Critical commentaries DO - 10.7202/1077637ar UR - https://cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb/article/view/303 SP - 101-106 AB - To date, ethical critiques of the use of assistive healthcare robotics have not closely examined the purported care relationship between such robots and their users. Drawing upon the work of care ethics scholars, I argue that authentic care relies upon capacities inherently reciprocal and responsive in nature, which ultimately precludes socially assistive robots from being useful caring tools. ER -