... to utilitarianism or deontology and the degree of mind attribution influence acceptability of AI judgments. Design/methodology/approach In September 2024, an online survey of 3,241 Japanese adults was administered. Respondents rated their acceptance of AI decisions in several scenarios. Ethical orientation...

... of lying (Korsgaard, 1986), it is relatively easy to show how a utilitarian would find a collective’s choice of dishonesty an ethical choice: the military’s use of social media disinformation might be quite ethical in warfare if the effect is the protection of millions of civilians and thousands...

... rested on underlying ethical commitments to equality and gender equality, as well as to basic human rights more broadly – coupled with an implicit but clear ethical imperative to protect, if not enhance those rights. Utilitarianism Social media Big data Deontology Virtue ethics Care ethics...