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An experimental and computational analysis of agreement-based moral cognition
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Le Pargneux, Arthur, Zeitoun, Hossam, Konstantinidis, Emmanouil and Chater, Nick (2023) An experimental and computational analysis of agreement-based moral cognition. In: CogSci 2023, Sydney, 26-29 Jul 2023. Published in: Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society., 45 ISSN 1069-7977.
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Abstract
Contractualist moral theories hold that morality is primarily about acting according to what would be agreed by rational agents. The contractualist tradition has received little attention in empirical work compared to competing normative ethical theories that are primarily concerned with rules (deontology) and consequences (consequentialism). Recent theoretical developments and empirical results suggest that agreement-based considerations and forms of reasoning could play a central role in moral judgment and decision making. However, the computational foundations of moral contractualism have scarcely been explored. In this paper, we present a flexible experimental paradigm to study contractualist moral behavior in an incentivized setting. We then develop a simple computational model of agreement-based moral decision making that captures participants’ behavior in the task. Results suggest that agreement-based cognitive processes are required to explain the nuances of observed behavioral patterns. Contractualism could offer a fruitful framework to understand how humans coordinate their behavior in morally ambiguous contexts.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Other) | ||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cognitive science, Contractarianism (Ethics) , Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects , Decision making | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. | ||||||
Publisher: | Cognitive Science Society | ||||||
ISSN: | 1069-7977 | ||||||
Official Date: | 2023 | ||||||
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Volume: | 45 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Copyright Holders: | ©2023 The Author(s) | ||||||
Description: | Abstract only publication |
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Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 January 2024 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 January 2024 | ||||||
Conference Paper Type: | Other | ||||||
Title of Event: | CogSci 2023 | ||||||
Type of Event: | Conference | ||||||
Location of Event: | Sydney | ||||||
Date(s) of Event: | 26-29 Jul 2023 | ||||||
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