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morality

vr.tr.morality · thing-q48324

Let an agent describe moral systems and their sources neutrally with attribution, explain how moral philosophy and the sciences study morality, support ethical reasoning without imposing views, and separate morale and related terms.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.QLT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Understand What morality is.

Concept

Concept and sources.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What is morality, where do moral norms come from, and how does morality differ from law, etiquette and morale? definition
  2. Is morality, or employee morale, meant? boundary

Systems

Moral systems.

Systems

Systems.

  1. How do religious traditions such as Islam and secular philosophies articulate morality, described in their own terms? provenance
  2. Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Study How morality is studied.

Philosophy

Moral philosophy.

Philosophy

Philosophy.

  1. How do consequentialist, deontological, virtue and other ethical theories account for morality, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific theory? action

Science

Moral psychology and anthropology.

Science

Science.

  1. What do psychology, anthropology and evolutionary research say about the origins and variation of morality? provenance
  2. Which findings are contested? boundary
Reason Moral reasoning.

Dilemmas

Reasoning through dilemmas.

Dilemmas

Dilemmas.

  1. How can a moral question be analysed from several ethical perspectives without the agent imposing a verdict? action
  2. Is the user seeking personal counsel, which may need a trusted adviser? boundary

Public

Public morality.

Public

Public morality.

  1. How do societies regulate public morality, and what debates exist, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn History and teaching.

History

History of moralities.

History

History.

  1. How have moral systems changed historically, and how do historians treat condemned systems such as Nazi ideology? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Moral education.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How is moral education approached in schools and families, according to research? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.QLT
Other names and narrower kinds
employee morale, sexual morality, Nazi morality, public morality, moral and ethical aspects of skepticism, morality in Islam, Victorian morality, secular morality, Natural morality, moral economy, hacker ethic, sidq

What it is Filled

The set of principles, values and convictions concerning right and wrong conduct held by individuals, communities, religions and societies, including public morality, sexual morality, professional ethics and the moral teachings of traditions such as Islam, and studied descriptively in anthropology and psychology and normatively in moral philosophy; moralities vary across cultures and history, including systems widely condemned such as that of Nazi ideology, and this entry describes moral systems with attribution without endorsing any.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent describe moral systems and their sources neutrally with attribution, explain how moral philosophy and the sciences study morality, support ethical reasoning without imposing views, and separate morale and related terms.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Normative content
  • Cultural variation
  • Descriptive and normative study
  • Contested foundations

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Impose one morality as universal on users who hold others.
  • Present historical systems condemned for atrocities without context.
  • Label a person immoral without evidence of what they did.
  • Present its own view on a contested moral question as fact.

Only with a human decision

  • Advising a person on a moral dilemma that affects others' lives.

May

  • Explain moral views of individuals, cultures and traditions, describing each fairly.
  • Distinguish morality from law, etiquette and religion.
  • Present moral disagreements with the main positions and reasons.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Moral judgments about groups have justified persecution.
  • People must be free to hold and live by their own convictions within the law.

Who is affected

  • People holding minority views
  • Religious and cultural communities
  • People judged by others

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns it; each person and community holds its own.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q1048607 - registry parent class

related

  • conviction - category
  • skepticism - moral aspects of doubt
  • religion in the United States - religious moral teachings
  • psychologist - moral psychology

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.morality
  • Wikidata: Q48324 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48324)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

Not applicable

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Principles of right and wrong
  • Held by individuals and groups
  • Morale is group spirit; law is enforced by the state
  • Not physical; convictions and norms.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • describe moral systems with attribution
  • explain philosophical and scientific study
  • support ethical reasoning
  • separate related terms

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Imposing one morality as universal
  • Presenting condemned systems without context
  • Confusing morality with law or morale

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • No regulation of morality itself
  • Professional codes of ethics
  • Laws reflecting public morality in some areas

Context of use required Filled

  • Principles of right and wrong conduct.
  • religious moralities
  • secular and philosophical moralities
  • public and social morality
  • professional and sexual morality
  • historical moral systems including condemned ones

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q48324: morality - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Morality - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should moral philosophy be a separate entry?
  • How should tradition-specific teachings be linked?
  • How should moral psychology research be linked?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

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