Research on morality has increased rapidly over the past 10 years. At the center of this
research are moral judgments—evaluative judgments that a perceiver makes in response to …

Increasingly complex and autonomous systems require machine ethics to maximize the
benefits and minimize the risks to society arising from the new technology. It is challenging …

Abstract To make Autonomous Intelligent Systems (AIS), such as virtual agents and
embodied robots,“explainable” we need to understand how people respond to such systems …

In the present study, the effects of procedural justice (fair or unfair) and the type of decision
agent (human, robot, or computer) on employee behavior and attitudes (eg, job satisfaction …

If a robot sends a deceptive signal to a human user, is this always and everywhere an
unethical act, or might it sometimes be ethically desirable? Building upon previous work in …

The current research aims to answer the following question:“who will be held responsible for
harm involving an artificial intelligence (AI) system?” Drawing upon the literature on moral …

In two experiments (total N= 693), we explored whether people are willing to consider
paintings made by AI-driven robots as art, and robots as artists. Across the two experiments …

The psychological contract refers to the implicit and subjective beliefs regarding a reciprocal
exchange agreement, predominantly examined between employees and employers. While …

Abstract As robots and Artificial Intelligences become more enmeshed in rich social
contexts, it seems inevitable that we will have to make them into moral machines equipped …

Even though morally competent artificial agents have yet to emerge in society, we need
insights from empirical science into how people will respond to such agents and how these …