Michaela Jirout Košová
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View article: Moral psychological exploration of the asymmetry effect in AI-assisted euthanasia decisions
Moral psychological exploration of the asymmetry effect in AI-assisted euthanasia decisions Open
A recurring discrepancy in attitudes toward decisions made by human versus artificial agents, termed the Human-Robot moral judgment asymmetry, has been documented in moral psychology of AI. Across a wide range of contexts, AI agents are su…
View article: Innocence over utilitarianism: Heightened moral standards for robots in rescue dilemmas
Innocence over utilitarianism: Heightened moral standards for robots in rescue dilemmas Open
Research in moral psychology has found that robots, more than humans, are expected to make utilitarian decisions. This expectation is found specifically when contrasting utilitarian action to deontological inaction. In a series of eight ex…
View article: Treatments approved, boosts eschewed: Moral limits of neurotechnological enhancement
Treatments approved, boosts eschewed: Moral limits of neurotechnological enhancement Open
In six vignette-based experiments, we assessed people's moral reactions towards various cognition-enhancing brain implants, including their overall approval and perceived fairness, as well as the dehumanization of brain-implanted agents. A…
View article: Innocence over utilitarianism - Heightened Moral Standards for Robots in Rescue Dilemmas PREPRINT
Innocence over utilitarianism - Heightened Moral Standards for Robots in Rescue Dilemmas PREPRINT Open
Research in moral psychology has found that robots, more than humans, are expected to make utilitarian decisions. This expectation is found specifically when contrasting utilitarian action to deontological inaction. In a series of eight ex…
View article: Treatments Approved, Boosts Eschewed: Moral Limits of Neurotechnological Enhancement
Treatments Approved, Boosts Eschewed: Moral Limits of Neurotechnological Enhancement Open
In six vignette-based experiments, we assessed people’s moral reactions toward various cognition-enhancing brain implants, including their overall approval and perceived fairness, as well as the dehumanization of brain-implanted agents. Ac…
View article: How virtue signalling makes us better: Moral preferences with respect to autonomous vehicle type choices
How virtue signalling makes us better: Moral preferences with respect to autonomous vehicle type choices Open
Autonomous vehicles (henceforth AVs) are about to be introduced to the mass market. However, many moral questions concerning AVs still remain. One of the issues has to do with the choice between AV types that differ in their built-in algor…
View article: My Friend's True Self: Children's Concept of Personal Identity
My Friend's True Self: Children's Concept of Personal Identity Open
These are not citable versions of the paper. Final, official, and citable version has been published in Philosophical Psychology (Taylor & Francis), 2021, Volume 34, Issue 1. Free eprint available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/epri…
View article: My Friend's True Self: Children's Concept of Personal Identity
My Friend's True Self: Children's Concept of Personal Identity Open
Our study explores the folk concept of personal identity in the developmental context. Over two hundred Czech children participated in an interview study based on a hypothetical scenario about a sudden change in their friend, someone they …