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Virtual Ethics: Ethics and Massively Multiplayer Online Games

Virtual Ethics: Ethics and Massively Multiplayer Online Games
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Author(s): John Nordlinger (Microsoft Research, USA)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 7
Source title: Ethics and Game Design: Teaching Values through Play
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Karen Schrier (Columbia University, USA)and David Gibson (University of Vermont, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-845-6.ch007

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Abstract

Many of the opportunities in the virtual world are not available in the physical world, others open our eyes to real world opportunities we couldn’t imagine and teach us vocabulary and skills applicable to the real world. This chapter explores some of the connections between virtual decisions and real consequences, as envisioned in thought experiments of early philosophers from both eastern and western traditions.

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