Video Games for Prosocial Learning-Koo

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Chapter in Ethics And Game Design-Schrier

Games have the capability to deepen moral reasoning.

Games, beyond teaching morality, Can teach character education. Tag: prosocial learning

A bit of talk on intuitionism and how that’s not necessarily all of morality and moral learning.

moral dilemmas are a good way to do prosocial learning

care ethics tries to encourage goodness by creating conditions likely to encourage goodness.

Ok but how do we deal with the fact that people act differently in games?

prosocial game claims bolster violent video game claims

teach via rules and outcomes

encourage gameplay subversion

implications for design:

  • expand the range of vicarious experiences games offer
  • highlight the moral dimension of system impacting choices. See intuitionism

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