there are growing concerns about machine morality—or lack thereof. Millions of users already rely on the outputs of AI systems, such as chatbots, as decision aids. Meanwhile, AI researchers continue to grapple with the challenge of aligning these systems with human morality and values....
Realism is particularly suited to make sense of the intuition that these tendencies are problematic because it emphasizes the backfire effects of moralism, both in terms of descriptive inadequacies and ideology-building, as well as the dangers of flattening the normative landscape and obliterating genui...
The obvious moral of the story is that we should not have government-subsidized moral hazard. That’s not a proper role of the federal government, and it’s not a proper role of state governments. P.S. The same is true for subsidized terrorism insurance. P.P.S. For more on government...
As our society adopts increasingly powerful artificial intelligence (AI) systems for pervasive use, there are growing concerns about machine morality—or lack thereof. Millions of users already rely on the outputs of AI systems, such as chatbots, as deci
Moral judgments are not just the product of conscious reasoning, but also involve the integration of social and emotional information. Irrelevant disgust stimuli modulate moral judgments, with individual sensitivity determining the direction and size of
We needed to exclude 10 children from the pupil dilation analyses for not providing enough clean pupil data, 2 children from the judgment analyses due to technical issues with data saving, and 1 child from all analyses because of equipment failure. Because we excluded the moral self-concept ...
If your story is in a world where magic or technology is very powerful, there’s a good chance that many of the story’s problems could be solved with technology or magic. For instance, if characters can heal people who are basically dead, it’ll be tough to justify why the hero can...
Whether the fall of Adam and Eve is viewed as a tragedy or a fortunate for human beings, the “moral” and “spiritual” aspects of the story cannot be ignored [19] (p. 155). Back to the story itself, the Fall indeed is a tale dealing with origins, an account meant to help human...
3. When something is unnecessary except for our trivial pleasure or convenience and that thing causes some being (for example, a nonhuman or human animal) to experience pain, fear or other kinds of suffering, then the harm being done to that being’s interest in their continued survival, fre...
The story of the prostitute “W.” is an excellent case in point, for the vice squad thwarts the young woman in her ear-nest attempts to leave prostitution. After W. has secured a job as the maidservant of a pious, charitable woman, the police show up and reveal her past, causing ...