As the technology that underpins virtual reality develops and the experiences become increasingly more real, I've been pondering a particularly morbid thought: When will we have the first VR-induced ...

“Vertical morality in Christianity is the idea that our ethics and behaviors have a duty to please God alone. We get our ...

“Moral” psychology has traditionally been studied by subjecting individuals to moral dilemmas, that is, hypothetical choices regarding typically dangerous scenarios, but it has rarely been validated ...

Algorithm's aren't human. As such, they don't value human life. At the Institute of Cognitive Science at Osnabrück University, Germany, virtual reality has become a training ground for machine ...

He was serious. Although seldom stated so bluntly, this attitude underlies the thinking of many scientists and laypeople alike. And while it’s tempting to dismiss this notion as scientific imperialism ...