Exploring different ideas of good care in the care robot literature

The aim of this article is to trace the way ethics is discussed in the care robot literature. We do it to create an overview of an ambiguous and highly topical problem. Over the last decade, we have seen a growing use of digitally mediated care. This relates to an unfortunate combination of lack of care providers (CPs) and the fact that people live longer with chronic diseases and increasingly need care as they grow older. Care robots (CR) are “intended to assist or even replace human caregivers in the practice of caring for vulnerable people such as the elderly, sick, or disabled” (Vallor, 2017 p. 251). CRs constitute a mixed group of advanced digital technology serving several purposes