Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Cognitive Modeling Paradigms
- Part III Computational Modeling of Basic Cognitive Functionalities
- Part IV Computational Modeling in Various Cognitive Fields
- 23 Computational Models of Developmental Psychology
- 24 Computational Models in Personality and Social Psychology
- 25 Computational Modeling in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- 26 Computational Modeling in Psychiatry
- 27 Computational Psycholinguistics
- 28 Natural Language Understanding and Generation
- 29 Computational Models of Creativity
- 30 Computational Models of Emotion and Cognition-Emotion Interaction
- 31 Computational Approaches to Morality
- 32 Cognitive Modeling in Social Simulation
- 33 Cognitive Modeling for Cognitive Engineering
- 34 Modeling Vision
- 35 Models of Multi-Level Motor Control
- Part V General Discussion
- Index
- References
31 - Computational Approaches to Morality
from Part IV - Computational Modeling in Various Cognitive Fields
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2023
- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Cognitive Modeling Paradigms
- Part III Computational Modeling of Basic Cognitive Functionalities
- Part IV Computational Modeling in Various Cognitive Fields
- 23 Computational Models of Developmental Psychology
- 24 Computational Models in Personality and Social Psychology
- 25 Computational Modeling in Industrial-Organizational Psychology
- 26 Computational Modeling in Psychiatry
- 27 Computational Psycholinguistics
- 28 Natural Language Understanding and Generation
- 29 Computational Models of Creativity
- 30 Computational Models of Emotion and Cognition-Emotion Interaction
- 31 Computational Approaches to Morality
- 32 Cognitive Modeling in Social Simulation
- 33 Cognitive Modeling for Cognitive Engineering
- 34 Modeling Vision
- 35 Models of Multi-Level Motor Control
- Part V General Discussion
- Index
- References
Summary
Computational work on morality has emerged from two major sources – empirical moral science and philosophical ethics.Moral science has revealed a diversity of moral phenomena: moral behavior (including moral decision making), moral judgments, moral emotions, moral sanctions, moral communication.Philosophical ethics has long focused on moral decision making, and this is where most of the computational work has emerged. Much of it uses rule-based systems rooted in formal logic but is complemented by connectionist, case-based, and other approaches, and more recently by reinforcement learning models.Computational work on moral judgments is sparser, in part because moral judgments build on numerous complex mental capacities, such as causal and counterfactual reasoning and theory of mind. Nonetheless, some models of blame judgments have emerged that draw on information processing approaches from empirical moral science. Even less work has tackled moral emotions, sanctions, and communication – phenomena that present vast challenges and opportunities for future work.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Computational Cognitive Sciences , pp. 1037 - 1063Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023