Technological solutions to loneliness—Are they enough?
Loneliness is a major public health concern, particularly during pandemics such as Covid. It is extremely common, and it poses a major risk to human health. Technological solutions including social media, robots, and virtual reality have been advocated and implemented to relieve loneliness, and thei...
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| 语言: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2023
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Bioethics
Year: 2023, 卷: 37, 发布: 3, Pages: 275-284 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCJ Ethics of science TK Recent history ZD Psychology ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Technology B Loneliness B Responsibility B Virtual Reality |
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| 总结: | Loneliness is a major public health concern, particularly during pandemics such as Covid. It is extremely common, and it poses a major risk to human health. Technological solutions including social media, robots, and virtual reality have been advocated and implemented to relieve loneliness, and their use will undoubtedly increase in the near future. This paper explores the use of technological solutions from a normative perspective, asking whether and to what extent such measures should indeed be relied upon. The conclusion is that technological solutions are unquestionably part of the solution to loneliness, but that they cannot and should not constitute the whole solution. It is important to note that this is not a straw-man argument, as several organizations and scholars have strictly focused on such technological solutions for loneliness. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/bioe.13096 |