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aspects of the problem, and which results in a concrete,
ecological approach to co-conception, could be considered truly ethical.

Author Information
N. Jarrassé, G. Morel, and A. Roby-Brami are with CNRS,
UMR 7222, INSERM, U1150, Agathe-ISIR, Sorbonne
Universités, UPMC Universite Paris 06, F75005, Paris,
France. Email: {jarrasse, roby-brami, morel}@isir.upmc.fr.
M. Maestrutti is with the Centre d'Etudes des Techniques, des Connaissances et des Pratiques (CETCOPRA), Université Paris I, Panthéon Sorbonne, 75013,
Paris, France. Email: marinamaes@hotmail.com.

Acknowledgment
The authors thank J. Robertson for translation into English
and useful discussions, along with Dr. J. Paysant, Dr. N.
Martinet, and Dr. A. Touillet from the IRR Nancy. They also
thank J. De Graaf, N. Nicol, and the DEFI-SENS Initiative
for their collaboration. This work was performed within the
Labex SMART (ANR-11-LABX-65), and supported by French
state funds managed by the ANR within the Investissements
d'Avenir program under reference ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02.

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