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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 229-233 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Ethics and Information Technology |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2013 |
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Has Bartel resolved the gamer's dilemma? / Luck, Morgan; Ellerby, Nathan.
In: Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 15, No. 3, 09.2013, p. 229-233.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Has Bartel resolved the gamer's dilemma?
AU - Luck, Morgan
AU - Ellerby, Nathan
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: month (773h) = September, 2013; Journal title (773t) = Ethics and Information Technology. ISSNs: 1388-1957;
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - In this paper we consider whether Christopher Bartel has resolved the gamer's dilemma. The gamer's dilemma highlights a discrepancy in our moral judgements about the permissibility of performing certain actions in computer games. Many gamers have the intuition that virtual murder is permissible in computer games, whereas virtual paedophilia is not. Yet finding a relevant moral distinction to ground such intuitions can be difficult. Bartel suggests a relevant moral distinction may turn on the notion that virtual paedophilia harms women in a way that virtual murder does not. We argue that this distinction is only in a position to provide a partial solution to the dilemma.
AB - In this paper we consider whether Christopher Bartel has resolved the gamer's dilemma. The gamer's dilemma highlights a discrepancy in our moral judgements about the permissibility of performing certain actions in computer games. Many gamers have the intuition that virtual murder is permissible in computer games, whereas virtual paedophilia is not. Yet finding a relevant moral distinction to ground such intuitions can be difficult. Bartel suggests a relevant moral distinction may turn on the notion that virtual paedophilia harms women in a way that virtual murder does not. We argue that this distinction is only in a position to provide a partial solution to the dilemma.
KW - Open access version available
U2 - 10.1007/s10676-013-9322-5
DO - 10.1007/s10676-013-9322-5
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - 229
EP - 233
JO - Ethics and Information Technology
JF - Ethics and Information Technology
SN - 1388-1957
IS - 3
ER -