The ethics of representation and action invirtual reality

Authors:
Philip Brey
Affiliations:
Twente University, Fac. WMW/SW, Enschede, the Netherlands. E-mail: p.a.e.brey@wmw.utwente.nl
Venue:
Ethics and Information Technology
Year:
1998

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Abstract

This essay addresses ethical aspects of the design and use of virtualreality (VR) systems, focusing on the behavioral options made availablein such systems and the manner in which reality is represented orsimulated in them. An assessment is made of the morality of ’immoral‘behavior in virtual reality, and of the virtual modeling of suchbehavior. Thereafter, the ethical aspects of misrepresentation and biasedrepresentation in VR applications are discussed.