none 10.14361/9783839462652-004 Transcript Verlag Transcript Verlag 5471 142910600 4194507 3852633 2024043013272052200 10.14361 2026-06-02T09:29:03Z 2022-12-02T08:40:29Z 1 2702-900X 2702-9018 Janina Loh Universität Wien, Österreich Wulf Loh Universität Tübingen, Deutschland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7643-1614 The Normative Side of Forming Emotional Bonds With Robots Robots as social companions in close proximity to humans have a strong potential of becoming more and more prevalent in the coming years, especially in the realms of elder day care, child rearing, and education. As human beings, we have the fascinating ability to emotionally bond with various counterparts, not exclusively with other human beings, but also with animals, plants, and sometimes even objects. Therefore, we need to answer the fundamental ethical questions that concern human-robot-interactions per se, and we need to address how we conceive of »good lives«, as more and more of the aspects of our daily lives will be interwoven with social robots. 1 11 17 2022 01 17 2024 978-3-8376-6265-8 978-3-8394-6265-2 transcript Verlag Bielefeld, Germany https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ 10.14361/9783839462652 https://www.transcript-open.de/isbn/6265 Anna Strasser https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3547-9790 Elaborating on whether we can understand artificial agents as social agents with whom genuine relationships are possible, Anna Strasser addresses the status of artificial agents in general. By suggesting »minimal conditions« for understanding certain artificial agents as »social agents,« she considers the case of "joint actions" as an example of »social interaction.« Thereby, she offers a more appropriate understanding of HRI or the relationships we enter into with artificial agents. 11 17 2022 01 17 2024 77 102 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ 10.14361/9783839462652-004 https://www.transcript-open.de/doi/10.14361/9783839462652-004 https://www.inlibra.com/10.14361/9783839462652-004