Blame-Laden Moral Rebukes and the Morally Competent Robot: A Confucian Ethical Perspective

Zhu, Qin; Williams, Tom; Jackson, Blake; Wen, Ruchen

doi:10.1007/s11948-020-00246-w

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“…But of course, robot advice may be better selected on the basis of what will actually result in the most ethical or equitable outcomes. Recent work has shown, for example, that in the context of blame-laden robotic moral rebukes [see also 34], the moral language viewed as most likable by humans may be likable in part because it reinforces potentially damaging gender stereotypes and norms [9]. As such, it is important to recognize that the results from the present experiment are unlikely to be sufficient on their own to directly inform the design of ethical and equitable robots.…”

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I Need Your Advice... Human Perceptions of Robot Moral Advising Behaviors

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Malle²,

Williams³

2021

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Due to their unique persuasive power, language-capable robots must be able to both act in line with human moral norms and clearly and appropriately communicate those norms. These requirements are complicated by the possibility that humans may ascribe blame differently to humans and robots. In this work, we explore how robots should communicate in moral advising scenarios, in which the norms they are expected to follow (in a moral dilemma scenario) may be different from those their advisees are expected to follow. Our results suggest that, in fact, both humans and robots are judged more positively when they provide the advice that favors the common good over an individual's life. These results raise critical new questions regarding people's moral responses to robots and the design of autonomous moral agents.

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“…Within the context of the implemented persuasive dialogue practice, the deepening of an ethical dimension is another innovative aspect of the work carried out. In the context of social robotics, in fact, both reflections related to the ethical dimension and reflection related to persuasion have received a great deal of attention in the literature marching in parallel and sometimes intertwining [ 39 , 75 ]. However, our approach takes into account a particular ethical stance (that will be introduced below) related to the particular dialogical condition that we have tested.…”

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“…In particular, it is defined as "the ability to listen carefully, the willingness to take seriously what others say and, if requested, the determination to adopt it as one's own" [19]. Concerning the practice of persuasion in the context of human-robot interaction, the attempts to "regulate" through an ethical model the persuasive practice of a robot are sporadic [35], [76]. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies that deal with implementing an ethical persuasive practice of a robot according to instances referable to the Aristotelian model, the VAT perspective, or Virtue Ethics in general.…”

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A Storytelling Robot Managing Persuasive and Ethical Stances via ACT-R: An Exploratory Study

Augello

Ottaviano

Gentile

et al. 2021

Int J of Soc Robotics

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We present a storytelling robot, controlled via the ACT-R cognitive architecture, able to adopt different persuasive techniques and ethical stances while conversing about some topics concerning COVID-19. The main contribution of the paper consists in the proposal of a needs-driven model that guides and evaluates, during the dialogue, the use (if any) of persuasive techniques available in the agent procedural memory. The portfolio of persuasive techniques tested in such a model ranges from the use of storytelling to framing techniques and rhetorical-based arguments. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first attempt of building a persuasive agent able to integrate a mix of explicitly grounded cognitive assumptions about dialogue management, storytelling and persuasive techniques as well as ethical attitudes. The paper presents the results of an exploratory evaluation of the system on 63 participants.

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“…Within the context of the implemented persuasive dialogue practice, the deepening of an ethical dimension is another innovative aspect of the work carried out. In the context of social robotics, in fact, both reflections related to the ethical dimension and reflection related to persuasion have received a great deal of attention in the literature marching in parallel and sometimes intertwining [Kim et al (2021)], [Zhu et al (2020a)]. However, our approach takes into account a particular ethical stance (that will be introduced below) related to the particular dialogical condition that we have tested.…”

Section: Ethical Models Of Persuasive Behaviour For Roboticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Storytelling Robot managing Persuasive and Ethical Stances via ACT-R: an Exploratory Study

Augello¹,

Ottaviano²,

Gentile³

et al. 2021

Preprint

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We present a storytelling robot, controlled via the ACT-R cognitive architecture, able to adopt different persuasive techniques and ethical stances while conversing about some topics concerning COVID-19. The main contribution of the paper consists in the proposal of a needs-driven model that guides and evaluates, during the dialogue, the use (if any) of persuasive techniques available in the agent procedural memory. The portfolio of persuasive techniques tested in such a model ranges from the use of storytelling, to framing techniques and rhetorical-based arguments. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first attempt of building a persuasive agent able to integrate a mix of explicitly grounded cognitive assumptions about dialogue management, storytelling and persuasive techniques as well as ethical attitudes. The paper presents the results of an exploratory evaluation of the system on 63 participants.

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Blame-Laden Moral Rebukes and the Morally Competent Robot: A Confucian Ethical Perspective

Cited by 36 publications

References 46 publications

I Need Your Advice... Human Perceptions of Robot Moral Advising Behaviors

I Need Your Advice... Human Perceptions of Robot Moral Advising Behaviors

A Storytelling Robot Managing Persuasive and Ethical Stances via ACT-R: An Exploratory Study

A Storytelling Robot managing Persuasive and Ethical Stances via ACT-R: an Exploratory Study

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