人間とロボットの相互作用における倫理的非対称性：Sparrowの仮説の実証的検証
Ethical Asymmetry in Human-Robot Interaction - An Empirical Test of Sparrow's Hypothesis
人間がロボットに対して道徳的判断を下す際の倫理的非対称性仮説をオンライン実験で検証し、仮説は支持されなかった。
著者: Minyi Wang, Christoph Bartneck, Michael-John Turp, David Kaber
分類: cs.HC, cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
The ethics of human-robot interaction (HRI) have been discussed extensively based on three traditional frameworks: deontology, consequentialism, and virtue ethics. We conducted a mixed within/between experiment to investigate Sparrow's proposed ethical asymmetry hypothesis in human treatment of robots. The moral permissibility of action (MPA) was manipulated as a subject grouping variable, and virtue type (prudence, justice, courage, and temperance) was controlled as a within-subjects factor. We tested moral stimuli using an online questionnaire with Perceived Moral Permissibility of Action (PMPA) and Perceived Virtue Scores (PVS) as response measures. The PVS measure was based on an adaptation of the established Questionnaire on Cardinal Virtues (QCV), while the PMPA was based on Malle et al. [39] work. We found that the MPA significantly influenced the PMPA and perceived virtue scores. The best-fitting model to describe the relationship between PMPA and PVS was cubic, which is symmetrical in nature. Our study did not confirm Sparrow's asymmetry hypothesis. The adaptation of the QCV is expected to have utility for future studies, pending additional psychometric property assessments.