Virtual reality (VR) offers unique benefits to social psychological research, including a high
degree of experimental control alongside strong ecological validity, a capacity to manipulate …

Virtual reality (VR) technology offers unique and as yet largely untapped potential for
criminology. It can address problems that have traditionally plagued the field, provide an …

Observed variability and complexity of judgments of “right” and “wrong” cannot be readily
accounted for within extant approaches to understanding moral judgment. In response to …

In this paper, we investigate how data about public preferences may be used to inform policy
around the use of controversial novel technologies, using public preferences about …

On March 9, 2020, Italy has gone into “lockdown” because of COVID-19 pandemic, with a
national quarantine. All non-essential working activities and schools of all levels have been …

When holding others morally responsible, we care about what they did, and what they
thought. Traditionally, research in moral psychology has relied on vignette studies, in which …

Virtual reality (VR) is an increasingly popular artificially mediated, immersive experience that
is accessed through a headset. Recent research is starting to provide evidence about the …

Empirical research in bioethics has developed rapidly over the past decade, but has largely
eschewed the use of technology-driven methodologies. We propose “design bioethics” as …

The inconsistency between pro-environmental attitudes and behaviours, known as the
“attitude-behaviour” gap, is exceptionally pronounced in scenarios associated with “green” …

Until recently, experimental philosophy has been associated with the questionnaire-based
study of intuitions. This volume brings together established and emerging research leaders …