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Viewing cute pictures can influence judgment of moral transgressions

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2023
Previous studies have shown exposure to something cute affects moral tendencies and prosocial behaviors, but how it affects people's moral judgment is still unknown.
Zhicong Zhang, Yiduo Ye
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For Hierarchy in Animal Ethics [PDF]

, 2018
In my forthcoming book, How to Count Animals, More or Less (based on my 2016 Uehiro Lectures in Practical Ethics), I argue for a hierarchical approach to animal ethics according to which animals have moral standing but nonetheless have a lower moral ...
Kagan, Shelly
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Welcoming Robots into the Moral Circle: A Defence of Ethical Behaviourism [PDF]

, 2020
Can robots have significant moral status? This is an emerging topic of debate among roboticists and ethicists. This paper makes three contributions to this debate.
Danaher, John
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Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
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The moral status of the (nuclear) family

Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 2017
The family is commonly regarded as being an important social institution. In several policy areas, evidence can be found that the family is treated as an entity towards which others can have moral obligations; it has needs and interests that require ...
Daniela Cutas, Anna Smajdor
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Sentience, Rationality, and Moral Status: A Further Reply to Hsiao [PDF]

, 2016
Timothy Hsiao argues that animals lack moral status because they lack the capacity for the sort of higher-level rationality required for membership in the moral community.
Puryear, Stephen
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The assignment of moral status: Age-related differences in the use of three mental capacity criteria [PDF]

, 2008
This study examined children's and young adults' use of three mental capacity criteria for treating an entity as one to which moral subjects have moral obligations, that is, as having moral status.
Albert Reijntjes, Bandura, Baumeister, Bentham, Carolien Rieffe, Cindy Lalay-Cederburg, Coley, Crozier, Davidson, Ferguson, Haidt, Heider, Herzog, Hoffman, Janneke Hagenaar, Jonas, Kahn, Kahn, Knight, Koonz, Mark Meerum Terwogt, McGraw, Olthof, Olthof, Olthof, Opotow, Piaget, Plous, Reed, Saltzstein, Singer, Smith, Tjeert Olthof, Vaes, Warren, Yuill, Zelazo   +36 more
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How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
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An Ethical Analysis of Human Cerebral Organoids

Yixue yu zhexue
Human cerebral organoids are three-dimensional neural tissues with similar structure and biological function to human brain. Human cerebral organoids can be used to study human brain development, disease mechanisms, and drug screening.
Bin HUANG
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Justification for Stem Cell Research Considering Embryos Have Some Moral Status

Voices in Bioethics, 2020
Our ethical commitments and moral values are evolving rapidly in response to advancements in technology. Embryonic stem cell research (ESCR) has the potential to create breakthrough treatments for incurable human diseases but only by a process that ...
Elizabeth Ingram
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