Combining Normative Ethics Principles to Learn Prosocial Behaviour

Jessica Woodgate; Nirav Ajmeri

Combining Normative Ethics Principles to Learn Prosocial Behaviour

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Principles from normative ethics—the philosophical study of morality—can be operationalised in the decision-making capacities of agents to discern ethically acceptable actions and promote prosocial behaviour, defined as behaviours that support the well-being of others. Challenges exist in operationalising principles: (1) individual principles may be unintuitive; (2) while incorporating multiple principles mitigates issues with individual principles, conflicts may arise between them. We present PriENE, a method for combining multiple principles to encourage agents to learn prosocial behaviour.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS)
Place of Publication	Detroit
Publisher	The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS)
Number of pages	3
Publication status	Accepted/In press - 1 May 2025
Event	24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Detroit, United States Duration: 19 May 2025 → 23 May 2025 https://aamas2025.org/

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Conference	24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Country/Territory	United States
City	Detroit
Period	19/05/25 → 23/05/25
Internet address	https://aamas2025.org/

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Woodgate, J & Ajmeri, N 2025, Combining Normative Ethics Principles to Learn Prosocial Behaviour. in Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS). The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), Detroit, 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 19/05/25.

Combining Normative Ethics Principles to Learn Prosocial Behaviour. / Woodgate, Jessica ; Ajmeri, Nirav.
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS). Detroit: The International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), 2025.

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