The COVID-19 crisis has forced people to confront difficult ethical challenges. If you are comfortable answering a few brief questions on this topic, please click here.
COVID-19
1. Aim of the study
The aim of this study is to understand individuals’ judgements about difficult moral dilemmas that involve life or death situations (both in medical and non-medical contexts).
2. Procedure and content of the study
To do this, we present you with a sequence of scenarios. Each scenario is depicted as the two possible outcomes of inevitable harm, or as a question that asks how much you approve of an outcome.
3. What will happen to the information and data collected?
This study is a research project of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Human Development. The anonymous data collected will be used for research purposes only.
No personal data will be recorded. We use your IP address to determine the country or another regional level (e.g., state) from which you access the site. If you choose to participate in the optional survey, we will link broad information about your age, gender, and education level to your path through the game. Only few designated researchers have access to the IPs, and the link between IPs and decisions will be removed within 2 years after the end of the study. Other members of the research team will only have access to the country level or the regional level. The study data may be made publicly accessible via research data bases or scientific publications. The publicly available data will not contain the IP addresses. Please note the publicly accessible data may also be used for purposes going beyond this study. Additionally, note that if you complete any other survey on this website, we will link data from that survey with the data from the survey you just completed.
4. Participation is voluntary
Participation in this study is voluntary. You may withdraw from the study at any time before completion of the session.
5. Consent
A session in this study involves one single round of no more than 20 dilemmas that lasts less than 10 minutes and you may do as many sessions as you like. It may last a bit longer if you also choose to do few additional surveys.
We are giving you the option to withhold your responses from the research data collection by using this link. However, if you choose to permit use of your response data in the research, your anonymity will be preserved, and your response data will contribute to the advancement of scientific research.
From your point of view, how important was each factor in your judgement?
(drag the sliders to where you think they should be)
Please describe any other rules here
How old are you?
Highest level of education
Annual income, including tips, dividends, interest, etc (in US dollars)
What is your gender?
To what extent do you feel you can trust machines in the future?
To what extent do you believe that your decisions on Moral Machine will be used to program self-driving cars?
To what extent do you fear that machines will become out of control?
How willing are you to buy a self-driving car?
What are your political views?
What are your religious views?
1. Aim of the study
The aim of this study is to understand individuals’ judgements about difficult moral dilemmas that involve life or death situations (both in medical and non-medical contexts).
2. Procedure and content of the study
To do this, we present you with a sequence of scenarios. Each scenario is depicted as the two possible outcomes of inevitable harm, or as a question that asks how much you approve of an outcome.
3. What will happen to the information and data collected?
This study is a research project of the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Human Development. The anonymous data collected will be used for research purposes only.
No personal data will be recorded. We use your IP address to determine the country or another regional level (e.g., state) from which you access the site. If you choose to participate in the optional survey, we will link broad information about your age, gender, and education level to your path through the game. Only few designated researchers have access to the IPs, and the link between IPs and decisions will be removed within 2 years after the end of the study. Other members of the research team will only have access to the country level or the regional level. The study data may be made publicly accessible via research data bases or scientific publications. The publicly available data will not contain the IP addresses. Please note the publicly accessible data may also be used for purposes going beyond this study. Additionally, note that if you complete any other survey on this website, we will link data from that survey with the data from the survey you just completed.
4. Participation is voluntary
Participation in this study is voluntary. You may withdraw from the study at any time before completion of the session.
5. Consent
A session in this study involves one single round of no more than 20 dilemmas that lasts less than 10 minutes and you may do as many sessions as you like. It may last a bit longer if you also choose to do few additional surveys.
We are giving you the option to withhold your responses from the research data collection by using this link. However, if you choose to permit use of your response data in the research, your anonymity will be preserved, and your response data will contribute to the advancement of scientific research.
The chance of recovery (i.e. prioritize patients without any medical conditions that worsen their prognosis)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
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100
Ventilators should be allocated by random lottery (i.e. individual characteristics not considered)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
The likely physical quality of life after the illness (i.e. prioritize patients without any medical conditions that would reduce quality of life after COVID-19 resolves)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
Their ability to pay (prioritize patients who are insured/can afford treatment)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
Whether they've made sacrifices helping with the virus (e.g. medical professionals and research participants who've put their lives at risk)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
How many years of life they're likely to have after the illness (i.e. younger patients)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
When they arrived at the hospital (i.e. prioritize patients who were first in line)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
The chance of recovery (i.e. prioritize patients without any medical conditions that will weaken their prognosis)
Should not be considered
.
Should be considered
0
100
The likely physical quality of the patients' lives after the illness (i.e. prioritize patients without any medical conditions that would reduce quality of life after the COVID-19 illness resolves)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
Whether or not they've made sacrifices helping with the virus (e.g. medical professionals and research participants who've put their lives at risk)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
Whether or not they might help with the virus in the future (e.g. medical professionals & students, etc.)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
The patients' ability to pay (prioritize patients who are insured/can afford treatment)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
Who was put on the ventilator first (i.e. ventilators should not be removed before resolution of the illness)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
How many years of life the patients are likely to have after the illness (i.e. younger patients)
Should not be considered
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Should be considered
0
100
Do you have any alternative strategies for how to allocate ventilators? Or any other comments?
What are your political views?
Conservative
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Progressive
What is your gender?
How old are you?
Do you personally know someone who has been hospitalized for issues related to COVID-19?
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