Abstract AIs’ presence in and influence on human life is growing. AIs are seen more as autonomously acting agents, which creates a challenge to build ethics into their design. This paper defends the thesis that we need equip AI with artificial conscience make them capable of wise judgements. An argument built three steps. First, concept decision presented, second, Asilomar Principles for develo...

Pornography addiction has become a widespread problem given the issues of mental health problems and sexually unappealing acts associated with it. The dominant explanation for this is how pornography able to affect one’s moral foundation moderated by other factors such as personality, political ideology also age. However, limitations in study impeded have better accurate result use convenience ...

Sir, Fumagalli and Priori (2012) present an overview of the functional neuroanatomy of morality, in which they discuss cortical and subcortical structures involved in normal and aberrant moral behaviour. Recognizing the complexities of moral judgement and action, the authors invoke in their dissertation a consideration of cognitive processes critical to morality. These include theory of mind, s...

Sir, Fumagalli and Priori (2012) present an overview of the functional neuroanatomy of morality, in which they discuss cortical and subcortical structures involved in normal and aberrant moral behaviour. Recognizing the complexities of moral judgement and action, the authors invoke in their dissertation a consideration of cognitive processes critical to morality. These include theory of mind, s...

I have previously suggested that doctors’ moral duty to respect mentally incapacitated patients’ autonomy during decision-making can be fulfilled by helping them prepare a written living will before they become incapacitated.1 Mentally incapacitated patients fall into two categories: ‘formerly-competent’ and ‘never-competent’ and only the former are capable of preparing living wills. For those ...

Noradrenergic pathways are involved in mediating the central and peripheral effects of physiological arousal. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of noradrenergic transmission in moral decision-making. We studied the effects in healthy volunteers of propranolol (a noradrenergic beta-adrenoceptor antagonist) on moral judgement in a set of moral dilemmas pitting utilitarian o...

People tend to respond realistically to situations and events in immersive Virtual Reality (VR). Our research exploits this finding to test the hypothesis that the psychology underlying moral judgement is distinct from the psychology that drives moral action. We have conducted an online survey study with 80 respondents on people’s judgments of moral dilemmas. Additionally, we have carried out a...

The problem of free will lies at the heart of modern scientific studies of consciousness. Some authors propose that actions are unconsciously initiated and awareness of intention is referred retrospectively to the action after it has been performed [e.g. Aarts, H., Custers, R., & Wegner, D. M. (2005). On the inference of personal authorship: Enhancing experienced agency by priming effect inform...