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Terbeck, Sylvia, Charlesford, Jaysan, Clemans, Heather, Pope, Emily, Lee, Aimee, Turner, Joshua, Gummerum, Michaela and Bussmann, Bettina (2021) Physical presence during moral action in immersive virtual reality. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (15). 8039. doi:10.3390/ijerph18158039 ISSN 1660-4601.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18158039
Abstract
Research on morality has focused on differences in moral judgment and action. In this study, we investigated self-reported moral reasoning after a hypothetical moral dilemma was presented on paper, and moral reasoning after that very same dilemma was experienced in immersive virtual reality (IVR). We asked open-ended questions and used content analysis to determine moral reasoning in a sample of 107 participants. We found that participants referred significantly more often to abstract principles and consequences for themselves (i.e., it is against the law) after the paper-based moral dilemma compared to the IVR dilemma. In IVR participants significantly more often referred to the consequences for the people involved in the dilemma (i.e., not wanting to hurt that particular person). This supports the separate process theory, suggesting that decision and action might be different moral concepts with different foci regarding moral reasoning. Using simulated moral scenarios thus seems essential as it illustrates possible mechanisms of empathy and altruism being more relevant for moral actions especially given the physical presence of virtual humans in IVR.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > HM Sociology Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Ethics , Ethics -- Psychological aspects, Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects, Moral conditions , Judgment (Ethics) , Moral development, Reasoning (Psychology), Virtual reality , Virtual reality—Psychological aspects | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | ||||||
| Publisher: | M D P I AG | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 29 July 2021 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 18 | ||||||
| Number: | 15 | ||||||
| Article Number: | 8039 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph18158039 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 September 2021 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 2 September 2021 | ||||||
| Is Part Of: | 1 |
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