• Deception is sometimes perceived to be ethical. • Prosocial liars are perceived to be more moral than honest individuals. • Benevolence may be more important than honesty for judgments of moral character. • The moral principle of care is sometimes more important than justice. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o We demonstrate that some lies are perceived to be more ethical than honest state...

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. “Friendly AI” (FAI) meets these criteria on four separate counts by expecting a good result after: 1) it not only puts all of humanity’s eggs into one basket but relies upon a totally new and untested basket, 2) it allows fear to dictate our lives, 3) it divides the universe into us vs. them, and finally 4) it reje...

A very simple reciprocal activity elicited high degrees of altruism in 1- and 2-y-old children, whereas friendly but nonreciprocal activity yielded little subsequent altruism. In a second study, reciprocity with one adult led 1- and 2-y-olds to provide help to a new person. These results question the current dominant claim that social experiences cannot account for early occurring altruistic be...

To George Washington: President Of The United States Of America Sir, I present you a small treatise in defence of those principles of freedom which your exemplary virtue hath so eminently contributed to establish. That the Rights of Man may become as universal as your benevolence can wish, and that you may enjoy the happiness of seeing the New World regenerate the Old, is the prayer of Sir, You...

Trust is a fundamental element of educational success. However, compared to what we know about teachers’ perceptions trust, relatively less known students’ trust. This paper describes two experimental investigations that tested the effects authority competence and benevolence on trust their engagement. The also explored whether university identification moderated influence assessments trustwort...

This paper aims to determine the influence of benevolence and credibility on cooperative negotiation in B2B markets between manufacturers distributors using dyadic methodology. The Principal Component Analysis (PCA) emphasizes bi-dimensionality trust, credibility, by surveying 253 53 distributors. Analyzing perceptions Producers Retailers revealed existence a “perceptual convergence” them. More...