Doing Good With Virtual Reality: The Ethics of using Virtual Simulations for Improving Human Morality

J Rueda - Exploring Extended Realities, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Much of the excitement and concern with virtual reality (VR) has to do with the impact of
virtual experiences on our moral conduct in the “real world”. VR technologies offer vivid …

Empathy training through virtual reality: moral enhancement with the freedom to fall?

A Zahiu, E Mihailov, BD Earp, KB Francis… - Ethics and Information …, 2023 - Springer
We propose to expand the conversation around moral enhancement from direct brain-
altering methods to include technological means of modifying the environments and media …

Ecological and ethical issues in virtual reality research: A call for increased scrutiny

EJ Ramirez - Philosophical Psychology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
We argue that moral judgment studies currently conducted utilizing virtual reality (VR)
devices must confront a dilemma as a result of how virtual environments are designed and …

Real moral problems in the use of virtual reality

EJ Ramirez, S LaBarge - Ethics and Information Technology, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, we argue that, under a specific set of circumstances, designing and employing
certain kinds of virtual reality (VR) experiences can be unethical. After a general discussion …

Confronting a moral dilemma in virtual reality: a pilot study

X Pan, M Slater - Proceedings of HCI 2011 the 25th BCS …, 2011 - scienceopen.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Real virtuality: A code of ethical conduct. Recommendations for good scientific practice and the consumers of VR-technology

M Madary, TK Metzinger - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The goal of this article is to present a first list of ethical concerns that may arise from research
and personal use of virtual reality (VR) and related technology, and to offer concrete …

[图书][B] The ethics of virtual and augmented reality: Building worlds

EJ Ramirez - 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This book offers new ways of thinking about and assessing the impact of virtual reality on its
users. It argues that we must go beyond traditional psychological concepts of VR" presence" …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual morality: Transitioning from moral judgment to moral action?

KB Francis, C Howard, IS Howard, M Gummerum… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
The nature of moral action versus moral judgment has been extensively debated in
numerous disciplines. We introduce Virtual Reality (VR) moral paradigms examining the …

Virtual reality: ethical challenges and dangers [opinion]

B Kenwright - IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
According to Moore's Law, there is a correlation between technological advancement and
social and ethical impacts [13]. Many advances, such as quantum computing [22], 3D …

The virtual sky is not the limit: Ethics in virtual reality

B Whitby - Digital Creativity (Intelligent Tutoring Media), 1993 - Taylor & Francis
The allegedly novel technology of virtual reality (VR) introduces a number of difficult moral
questions. In spite of the apparent novelty of the technology, at least some of these …