The idea that “refugees are resources” has been promoted as countering the dehumanization frames refugees burdens or security threats. But is framing people resources truly humanizing? Resource theorists have highlighted how modern Western conceptions of what depends on a distinction between human and non-human. This logic similar to, originates in same epoch as, hierarchies humanity. State app...

The advancements in current sources of information and technology have resulted our ‘real lives’ becoming inundated with entangled new media ‘virtual’ environments. Social promotes freedom expression, remains a largely unregulated interactive space, despite the various monitoring mechanisms introduced by social platform hosts owners to control hate speech other forms abuse. It is increasingly e...

Previous examinations of the scope moral concern have focused on aggregate attributions worth. However, because trade-offs exist in valuing different kinds entities, tabulating total amounts expansiveness may conceal significant individual differences relative proportions valuation ascribed to various entities. We hypothesized that some individuals (“tree-huggers”) would ascribe greater worth a...

Anthropomorphism is a common phenomenon known already in ancient times. It is not a thing of the past, but still has a profound impact on major aspects of our lives and on research in AI and HRI. Its importance in the field of HRI is emphasized by the hotly-discussed uncanny valley hypothesis. However, in spite of its popularity, the uncanny valley hypothesis lacks empirical evidence. In this p...