Moral Machines
How culture changes values.
Nature
Topics: Azim Shariff Ethics Morality Robots Technology Values
Want to Live Longer? Consider the Ethics
Several companies are trying to develop life extension methods that could enable some people to live far longer. There are some ethical dilemmas.
The Conversation
Topics: Death Ethics Immortality Social Inequality
You Can Deny Free Will Exists and Not Be a Jerk
New research finds no relationship between ethical behavior and belief — or disbelief — in free will.
Pacific Standard
Topics: Ethics Free Will Morality
Are These Dots Purple or Blue? Your Answer Might Not Be As Reliable As You Think
When blue dots or threatening faces become rare, people’s concepts of “blue” or “threat” expand.
Science
Topics: Ethics Progress
Should You Tell Everyone They’re Honest?
People try to live up to their labels.
Nautilus
Topics: Compassion Ethics Generosity Honesty Morality
Does the Trolley Problem Have a Problem?
What if your answer to an absurd hypothetical question had no bearing on how you behaved in real life?
Slate
Topics: Ethics Joshua Greene Morality
What Are the Most Important Moral Problems of Our Time?
Will MacAskill is a co-founder of the effective altruism movement, a philosophy that tries to answer the question: How can we do as much good as possible?
TED
Topics: Altruism Ethics Morality Progress
What Makes Deceit Such a Hard Habit to Break?
New research gets at the psychology behind serial misconduct.
Kellogg Insight
Topics: Adam Waytz Agency Deception Ethics Honesty Morality
Have Your Momos and Eat Them, Too
The situational flexibility of meat eating is part of Tibetan Buddhism itself.
Topics: Ethics Science & Religion Dialogue
Science-Tested Tips to Be a Better Person
Research suggests several ways we can all become more virtuous.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Ethics Morality
‘The Character Gap’: How Good Are We Really?
From a young age, humans receive messages from school, religion, and society about developing a strong moral compass and learning how to do “the right thing.” But according to expansive psychological research, there is a gap between how good we are and how good we think we are.
WUNC
Inside The Future Of Artificial Intelligence
As developers design machines that teach themselves, questions remain over humans’ ability to effectively interact with artificially intelligent computers.
The State of Things, WUNC
Topics: Ethics Intelligence Kurt Gray Learning Morality Robots Technology
What Would the Average Human Do?
Artificial intelligence researchers want to teach computers to make moral choices based on millions of human survey responses.
The Outline
Topics: Decision-Making Ethics Morality
What Are the Ethical Consequences of Immortality Technology?
If we treat death as a problem, what are the ethical implications of the highly speculative ‘solutions’ being mooted?
Aeon
Topics: Death Ethics Immortality
Physical Remoteness Makes Killing Easier
People seem less reluctant to end the life of another being when they are not physically present for the distasteful act.
Topics: Ethics Morality Technology Violence
The Idea of Creating a New Universe in the Lab Is No Joke
The issue is not who might be offended by cosmogenesis, but what would happen if it were truly possible. How would we handle the theological implications? What moral responsibilities would come with fallible humans taking on the role of cosmic creators?
Topics: Ethics Universe
Dazzled by Creativity: Why We Excuse Dishonest Acts
As it turns out, we all have a tendency to view unethical behavior as less dishonest when it also is creative.
Scientific American
Topics: Creativity Deception Ethics Morality Social Contagion
Should Your Driverless Car Hit a Pedestrian to Save Your Life?
Surveys show that people generally believe autonomous vehicles should make an emergency decision for the greatest good — except if it might kill them.
The New York Times
Topics: Ethics Morality Technology
Moral Math of Robots: Can Life and Death Decisions Be Coded?
A self-driving car has a split second to decide whether to turn into oncoming traffic or hit a child who has lost control of her bicycle. An autonomous drone needs to decide whether to risk the lives of a busload of civilians or lose a long-sought terrorist.
World Science Festival
Topics: Ethics Morality Robots Technology
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