Table 1. Items and Factor loadings for the three ethical acceptability Subscale Factors. Item 50.0% Loading 2. It is ethically acceptable that social robots are used in healthcare. 0.785 3. It is ethically acceptable that social robots are used to monitor the progress and help in the diagnosis process of a child with autism. 0.780 4. It is ethically acceptable that information is recorded and stored by a robot when it interacts with a child with autism. 0.780 5. It is ethically acceptable that social robots are used in therapy to support the interaction between the therapist and the child with autism. 0.650 Percent 0.800 30.0% 20.0% 1.453% 2.035% 0.825 8. It is ethically acceptable to make social robots that look like humans. 0.604 50.0% 9. It is ethically acceptable to use social robots that replace therapists for teaching skills to children with autism (e.g. imitation, social skills). 0.388 40.0% Percent 7. It is ethically acceptable that children become attached to social robots. 0.579 acceptability of Human-Like Interaction and it accounted for 10.44% of variance. Factor III was termed Ethical Acceptability of Non-Human Appearance and it accounted for 10.04% of variance. The loading of the items on each of the three factors are presented in Table 1. Reliability The reliability analysis using the Cronbach's alpha revealed a good internal consistency for all subscales (ethical acceptability for use a = 0.86, ethical acceptability of human-like interaction a = 0.72, ethical acceptability of non-human appearance a = 0.76) and also for the total score (ethical acceptability a = 0.87). Strongly Agree Agree 10.47% 10.0% 1.744% 2.907% 0.0% Strongly Agree 12. It is ethically acceptable to make social robots that look like animals. 20.0% Agree 0.801 30.0% Nor Agree, Nor Disagree 11. It is ethically acceptable to make social robots that look like imaginary creatures. 36.05% Disagree 0.868 48.84% Strongly Disagree 10. It is ethically acceptable to make social robots that look like objects. Nor Agree, Nor Disagree Figure 3. The graphical representation of the responses to the item: It is ethically acceptable that social robots are used in therapy for children with autism. 0.845 Ethical acceptability of non-human appearance Disagree Strongly Disagree It is Ethically Acceptable That Social Robots are Used in Therapy for Children with Autism. 6. It is ethically acceptable that, as a result of their therapy, children with autism perceive social robots as friends. ∕ 10.17% 10.0% 0.0% Ethical acceptability of human-like interaction june 2016 39.53% 40.0% Ethical acceptability for use 1. It is ethically acceptable that social robots are used in therapy for children with autism. 46.8% It is Ethically Acceptable that Social Robots are Used in Healthcare. Figure 4. The graphical representation of the responses to the item: It is ethically acceptable that social robots are used in healthcare. Descriptive analysis of responses to items on the Ethical Acceptability for Use subscale The analysis of the distribution of responses to the first two questions, ''It is ethically acceptable that social robots are used in therapy for children with autism'' (86.33%) (see Fig. 3) and ''It is ethically IEEE TEchnology and SocIETy MagazInE 59