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    "pk": 27245,
    "title": "Perceived Difficulty of Moral Dilemmas Depends on Their Causal Structure:A Formal Model and Preliminary Results",
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    "abstract": "We propose causal agency models for representing and reason-ing about ethical dilemmas. We find that ethical dilemmas, al-though they appear similar on the surface, differ in their formalstructure. Based on their structural properties, as identified bythe causal agency models, we cluster a set of dilemmas in Type1 and Type 2 dilemmas. We observe that for Type 1 dilemmasbut not for Type 2 dilemmas a utilitarian action does not domi-nate the possibility of refraining from action thereby constitut-ing a conflict. Hence, we hypothesize, based on the model, thatType 1 dilemmas are perceived as more difficult than Type 2dilemmas by human reasoners. A behavioral study where par-ticipants rated the difficulty of dilemmas supports the models’predictions.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "text": null,
        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Moral Reasoning; Moral Complexity; MoralDilemmas; Causal Agency Models; Ethical Principles"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Posters: Papers",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/71z0k4fv",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Barbara",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Kuhnert",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Freiburg",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Felix",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Lindner",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Freiburg",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Martin",
            "middle_name": "Mose",
            "last_name": "Bentzen",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Danish Technical University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Marco",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Ragni",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Freiburg",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2017-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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