Ethical Trust and Social Moral Norms Simulation: A Bio-inspired Agent-Based Modelling Approach

Lim, Hock Chuan; Stocker, Rob; Larkin, Henry

doi:10.1109/wiiat.2008.184

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“…According to their simulations, the forgetfulness of agents plays a greater role in shaping groups than the penalty for lying. Meanwhile, Lim et al investigate the interplay between trust at the level of individuals and the development of collective social moral norms (Lim, Stocker, & Larkin, 2008). They call their resulting model a Computational Model of Ethical Trust (CMET), a two-tier architecture that utilizes both agent-based modeling and artificial neural networks.…”

Section: Social Science Simulations and Ethical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Computer Simulations of Ethics: the Applicability of Agent-Based Modeling for Ethical Theories

Lasquety-Reyes¹

2018

European Journal of Formal Sciences and Engineering

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I consider the applicability of Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) and computer simulations for ethical theories. Though agent-based modeling is already well established in the social sciences, it has not yet found acceptance in the field of philosophical ethics. Currently, there are only a few works explicitly connecting ethics with agentbased modeling. In this paper, I show that it is possible to build computer simulations of ethical theories and that there are also potential benefits in doing so: (1) the opportunity for virtual ethical experiments that are impossible to do in real life, and (2) an increased understanding and appreciation of an ethical theory either through the programming implementation or through the visual simulation. In the first part of the paper, I mention some social science simulations with ethical import that could encourage ethicists to work with ABM. Second, I list the few pioneering works that attempt to combine computer simulation with philosophical ethics, the most prominent being Evolving Ethics: The New Science of Good and Evil (2010) by Mascaro et al. Third, I give pointers for the computer simulation of the most prominent ethical theories: deontological ethics, utilitarianism, feminist care ethics, and virtue ethics. In the final part, I consider the potential of using an existing reference model for the simulation of human behavior, the PECS model, as the foundation for a computer simulation of virtue ethics.

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Section: Social Science Simulations and Ethical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Computer Simulations of Ethics: the Applicability of Agent-Based Modeling for Ethical Theories

Lasquety-Reyes¹

2018

European Journal of Formal Sciences and Engineering

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“…According to their simulations, the forgetfulness of agents plays a greater role in shaping groups than the penalty for lying. Meanwhile, Lim et al investigate the interplay between trust at the level of individuals and the development of collective social moral norms (Lim, Stocker, & Larkin, 2008). They call their resulting model a Computational Model of Ethical Trust (CMET), a twotier architecture that utilizes both agent-based modeling and artificial neural networks.…”

Section: Social Science Simulations and Ethical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Computer Simulations of Ethics: the Applicability of Agent-Based Modeling for Ethical Theories

Lasquety-Reyes¹

2018

European Journal of Engineering and Formal Sciences

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I consider the applicability of Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) and computer simulations for ethical theories. Though agent-based modeling is already well established in the social sciences, it has not yet found acceptance in the field of philosophical ethics. Currently, there are only a few works explicitly connecting ethics with agent-based modeling. In this paper, I show that it is possible to build computer simulations of ethical theories and that there are also potential benefits in doing so: (1) the opportunity for virtual ethical experiments that are impossible to do in real life, and (2) an increased understanding and appreciation of an ethical theory either through the programming implementation or through the visual simulation. In the first part of the paper, I mention some social science simulations with ethical import that could encourage ethicists to work with ABM. Second, I list the few pioneering works that attempt to combine computer simulation with philosophical ethics, the most prominent being Evolving Ethics: The New Science of Good and Evil (2010) by Mascaro et al. Third, I give pointers for the computer simulation of the most prominent ethical theories: deontological ethics, utilitarianism, feminist care ethics, and virtue ethics. In the final part, I consider the potential of using an existing reference model for the simulation of human behavior, the PECS model, as the foundation for a computer simulation of virtue ethics.

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“…According to a common definition: "a norm exists in a given social setting to the extent that individuals usually act in a certain way and are often punished when seen not to be acting in this way" (Lim et al, 2008).…”

Section: Social Normsmentioning

confidence: 99%

REPRESENTATION OF E-COMMERCE INTERACTIONS BY MEANS OF A GAME THEORY MODEL - Adoption of the Trust

Birtolo¹,

Russo²,

Ronca³

2012

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies

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In this paper, we investigated the application of trust in an e-Commerce system. In a B2C scenario of an e-Commerce system, a game model is proposed in order to investigate the best strategies for merchants and customers. Preliminary investigation outlines the benefits of trust information in the proposed game and preliminary results, conducted on a transactional database, shows an increased value of sensitivity of provided recommendations to the customers, entailing an higher customer loyalty. Future works are aimed at validating this findings by means of a larger real dataset.

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Ethical Trust and Social Moral Norms Simulation: A Bio-inspired Agent-Based Modelling Approach

Cited by 6 publications

References 49 publications

Computer Simulations of Ethics: the Applicability of Agent-Based Modeling for Ethical Theories

Computer Simulations of Ethics: the Applicability of Agent-Based Modeling for Ethical Theories

Computer Simulations of Ethics: the Applicability of Agent-Based Modeling for Ethical Theories

REPRESENTATION OF E-COMMERCE INTERACTIONS BY MEANS OF A GAME THEORY MODEL - Adoption of the Trust

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