Training Moral Sensitivity Through Video Games: A Review of Suitable Game Mechanisms
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In: Games and Culture , Vol. 14, No. 4, 01.06.2019, p. 344-366.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Training Moral Sensitivity Through Video Games
T2 - A Review of Suitable Game Mechanisms
AU - Katsarov, Johannes
AU - Christen, Markus
AU - Mauerhofer, Ralf
AU - Schmocker, David
AU - Tanner, Carmen
PY - 2019/6/1
Y1 - 2019/6/1
N2 - The goal of this study is to support game designers in the selection and implementation of game mechanisms to promote players’ moral sensitivity (MS). A lack of MS may lead people to behave unethically, without awareness for their actions’ moral implications. In this study, we conduct a theory-based evaluation of 20 distinct game mechanisms in view of their potential to promote MS. MS is thereby operationalized in terms of three learning outcomes (LOs): empathic concern for relevant groups, alertness to values/principles, and awareness for one’s vulnerability to biases. This study suggests that MS is best promoted through a careful combination of game mechanisms, addressing all three LOs.
AB - The goal of this study is to support game designers in the selection and implementation of game mechanisms to promote players’ moral sensitivity (MS). A lack of MS may lead people to behave unethically, without awareness for their actions’ moral implications. In this study, we conduct a theory-based evaluation of 20 distinct game mechanisms in view of their potential to promote MS. MS is thereby operationalized in terms of three learning outcomes (LOs): empathic concern for relevant groups, alertness to values/principles, and awareness for one’s vulnerability to biases. This study suggests that MS is best promoted through a careful combination of game mechanisms, addressing all three LOs.
KW - ethics
KW - game-based learning
KW - moral awareness
KW - moral education
KW - moral sensitivity
KW - Management studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85046019438&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1555412017719344
DO - 10.1177/1555412017719344
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85046019438
VL - 14
SP - 344
EP - 366
JO - Games and Culture
JF - Games and Culture
SN - 1555-4120
IS - 4
ER -