Advancing Ethical Decision Making in Virtual Reality

Sin-Hwa Kang, Jake Chanenson, Pranav Ghate, Peter Cowal, Madeleine Weaver, David M. Krum

Abstract: Virtual reality (VR) has been widely utilized for training and education purposes because of pedagogical, safety, and economic benefits. The investigation of moral judgment is a particularly interesting VR application, related to training. For this study, we designed a within-subject experiment manipulating the role of study participants in a Trolley Dilemma scenario: either victim or driver. We conducted a pilot study with four participants and describe preliminary results and implications in this poster.