This article considers the recent literature concerned with establishing an international prohibition on autonomous weapon systems. It seeks to address concerns expressed by some scholars that such a ban might be problematic for various reasons. It argues in favour of a theoretical foundation for such a ban based on human rights and humanitarian principles that are not only moral, but also lega...

This article examines the use of symbolic representations in The Seven Moons Maali Almeida (2022) to narrate history Human Rights (HR) violations. argues that genre fiction has emerged as a cultural medium for promoting discourse HR, moving beyond legal, judicial, and political forums. Building upon concept Literature (HRL) developed by Pramod K. Nayar, conducts critical analysis novel. It anal...

This paper examines the role of anger, contempt, and disgust in intergroup political aggression through what we have called the ANCODI hypothesis (Matsumoto, Hwang, & Frank, 2012, 2013). The ANCODI hypothesis argues that anger, contempt and disgust are a volatile emotional mix that contributes to intergroup aggression and violence through the ability of anger to motivate, of contempt to devalue...

More than 40 years ago, Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori (1970/2005) proposed the “uncanny valley” hypothesis, which predicted a nonlinear relation between robots’ perceived human likeness and their likability. Although some studies have corroborated this hypothesis and proposed explanations for its existence, the evidence on both fronts has been mixed and open to debate. We first review the l...

Human beings have a sophisticated ability to reason about the minds of others, often referred to as using one's theory of mind or mentalizing. Just like any other cognitive ability, people engage in reasoning about other minds when it seems useful for achieving particular goals, but this ability remains disengaged otherwise. We suggest that understanding the factors that engage our ability to r...

Officer-involved shootings (OIS) of people color concern fundamental societal issues, including race, violence, and policing. While scholars have gathered extensive insights on contextual circumstances OIS, the unfolding encounters still remains a black box, research is debating whether racialized biases actually matter for shootings. To study this question, article discusses findings from an i...

Past research on moral dilemmas has thoroughly investigated the roles of personality and situational variables, but role targets in been relatively neglected. This article presents findings from four experiments that manipulated perceived dehumanization dilemmas. Findings Studies 1, 2, 4 suggest dehumanized may render decision easier, with less emotion. 1 3, though not 2 4, showed lead particip...