Radu Uszkai

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

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Radu Uszkai is a leading voice in the ethics of emerging technologies, with a primary focus on the moral implications of social robotics and artificial intelligence in education and child development. His work critically examines the boundaries of human-robot relationships, most notably in his highly cited 2022 paper, “Children-Robot Friendship, Moral Agency, and Aristotelian Virtue Development” (7 citations), where he adopts a nuanced Aristotelian framework to argue that while robots cannot serve as true virtue friends, they may still play a meaningful role in a child’s moral ecosystem. Uszkai further explores the societal stakes of educational technology in “Robo-Education and the Pedagogical Divide” (2023, 3 citations), where he warns of unequal access to skilled teachers and calls for a careful debate on deploying social robots in classrooms. His contributions are notable for bridging classical ethical theory with pressing contemporary dilemmas, offering moderate, well-reasoned positions that avoid both techno-utopianism and outright rejection. By grounding his analysis in virtue ethics and real-world educational disparities, Uszkai provides essential guidance for researchers, policymakers, and educators navigating the complex terrain of human-robot interaction.