Visit this site: http://www.thetech.org/robotics/ethics/index.html

Add to your CMap a section on ethics.

Include your thoughts on these issues:

• If in the future robots are able to think and reason, what makes a human different from a robot? Consider  http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/03/22/human.cyborg/ and http://wearcam.org/pictures.html
• Should robots be created to undertake all the tasks humans don't want to do?
• Robots are taking people's jobs - they should not be used to take jobs from people.
• Read the article on ratbots at http://www.infosatellite.com/news/2002/05/p030502robot_rats.html  Is it right to turn animals into robots to serve human need?  What about doing a similar thing to humans? Consider http://www.raven1.net/implants1.html

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