A Humean approach to assessing the moral significance of ultra-violent video games

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Wonderly, Monique ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Empathy; Ethics; Hume; Morality; Sentimentalism; Video games; Violence; Wrong

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; EMPATHY; ETHICS; HUME; MORALITY; SENTIMENTALISM; VIDEO GAME; VIOLENCE; WRONG;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 39349104021     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10676-007-9149-z     Document Type: Article

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