Simulating Moral Actions: An Investigation of Personal Force in Virtual Moral Dilemmas
dc.contributor.author | Francis, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Terbeck, Sylvia | |
dc.contributor.author | Briazu, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Haines, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Gummerum, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Ganis, Giorgio | |
dc.contributor.author | Howard, Ian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-10-25T11:07:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-10-25T11:07:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-10-24 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.identifier.other | 13954 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/10093 | |
dc.description.abstract |
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Advances in Virtual Reality (VR) technologies allow the investigation of simulated moral actions in visually immersive environments. Using a robotic manipulandum and an interactive sculpture, we now also incorporate realistic haptic feedback into virtual moral simulations. In two experiments, we found that participants responded with greater utilitarian actions in virtual and haptic environments when compared to traditional questionnaire assessments of moral judgments. In experiment one, when incorporating a robotic manipulandum, we found that the physical power of simulated utilitarian responses (calculated as the product of force and speed) was predicted by individual levels of psychopathy. In experiment two, which integrated an interactive and life-like sculpture of a human into a VR simulation, greater utilitarian actions continued to be observed. Together, these results support a disparity between simulated moral action and moral judgment. Overall this research combines state-of-the-art virtual reality, robotic movement simulations, and realistic human sculptures, to enhance moral paradigms that are often contextually impoverished. As such, this combination provides a better assessment of simulated moral action, and illustrates the embodied nature of morally-relevant actions.</jats:p> | |
dc.format.extent | 0-0 | |
dc.format.medium | Electronic | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Nature Publishing Group | |
dc.subject | Adolescent | |
dc.subject | Adult | |
dc.subject | Female | |
dc.subject | Humans | |
dc.subject | Judgment | |
dc.subject | Male | |
dc.subject | Models, Theoretical | |
dc.subject | Morals | |
dc.subject | Personality | |
dc.subject | Surveys and Questionnaires | |
dc.subject | Young Adult | |
dc.title | Simulating Moral Actions: An Investigation of Personal Force in Virtual Moral Dilemmas | |
dc.type | journal-article | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
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plymouth.issue | 1 | |
plymouth.volume | 7 | |
plymouth.publication-status | Published online | |
plymouth.journal | Scientific Reports | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41598-017-13909-9 | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Health/School of Psychology | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB) | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Brain | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Research Groups/Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour (CBCB)/Cognition | |
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plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Users by role/Academics | |
dc.publisher.place | England | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2017-09-29 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2045-2322 | |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1038/s41598-017-13909-9 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2017-10-24 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review |