Science of Emotion and Sensibility (감성과학)

Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility (한국감성과학회)
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Moral Judgment, Mind Perception and Immortality Perception of Humans and Robots

인간과 로봇의 도덕성 판단, 마음지각과 불멸지각의 관계

  • 신홍임 (순천대학교 교양교육원 자유전공학부)
  • Received : 2023.02.24
  • Accepted : 2023.06.11
  • Published : 2023.09.30
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Abstract

The term and concept of "immortality" has garnered a considerable amount of attention worldwide. However, research on this topic is lacking, and the question of when the mind of a deceased individual survives death has yet to be answered. This research investigates whether morality and mind perception of the dead correlate with immortality. Study 1 measures the perceived immortality of people, who were good or evil in life. The results show that the perceived morality is related with the perceived immortality. Moreover, participants indicated the extent to which each person had maintained a degree of morality and agency/experience of the mind. Therefore, morality and mind perception toward a person are related to perceived immortality. In Study 2, participants were asked to read three essays on robots (good, evil, and nonmoral), and had to indicate the extent to which each robot maintains a degree of immortality, morality, and agency/experience of the mind. The results show that good spirits of a robot are related to higher scores of mind perception toward the robot, resulting in increasing tendency of perceived immortality. These results provide implications that the morality of humans and robots can mediate the relationship between mind perception and immortality. This work extends on previous research on the determinants of social robots for overcoming difficulties in human-robot interaction.

많은 사람들이 불멸에 관심이 있지만, 죽은 이의 불멸은 사회과학에서 지금까지 거의 다루어지지 않은 주제다. 본 연구에서는 죽은 이들의 도덕성 판단과 마음지각에 따라 불멸지각이 달라지는지를 검증하였다. 연구 1에서는 도덕적으로 악한 사람, 선한 사람 및 도덕성과 연관되지 않은 인물에 대한 글을 제시하고, 도덕성 판단, 마음지각 및 불멸지각의 관계를 분석하였다. 그 결과 도덕적으로 선한 인물에 대한 불멸의 지각정도가 악한 인물 또는 중립적인 인물에 대한 불멸의 지각정도보다 더 높게 나타났다. 또한 인물의 도덕성 판단과 마음지각은 불멸을 지각하는 정도와 유의한 상관관계가 나타났다. 연구 2에서는 도덕적으로 선한 로봇, 악한 로봇 및 도덕성과 연관되지 않은, 기능적 로봇에 대한 글을 제시하고, 로봇에 대한 마음지각 및 불멸지각의 관계를 분석하였다. 그 결과 로봇의 도덕성판단과 마음지각이 높을수록 로봇의 불멸을 지각하는 정도가 증가하였다. 이 결과는 도덕성 판단과 마음지각이 인간-로봇의 상호작용에서 어려움을 극복하는 변인으로 기여할 가능성을 보여준다.

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본 논문은 순천대학교 교연비 연구사업에 의해 지원되었습니다.

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