{"pk":27245,"title":"Perceived Difficulty of Moral Dilemmas Depends on Their Causal Structure:A Formal Model and Preliminary Results","subtitle":null,"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":{"name":"","short_name":"","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","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/27245/galley/16881/download/"}]}