Table 3 Tests of the blame hypothesis, according to which justifications (compared to Mere explanations) mitigate blame.
From: The power of justifications to repair human-robot trust, even under moral disagreement
Experiment—Dilemma | Agent | Justifications mitigate blame | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
For both decisions | For one decision | ||||
\(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) | Significance test | \(\:{\eta}_{p}^{2}\) | Significance test | ||
1— Hunger Strike | Robot | 0.3% | F(1,339) < 1, p =.86 | 2.8% | F(1,339) = 10.1, p =.002** |
2— Hunger Strike (c) | Robot | 3.3% | F(1,355) = 12.3, p =.001* | 2.6% | F(1,355) = 9.6, p =.002** |
2— DNR | Robot | 0.2% | F(1,406) = 0.8, p =.373 | 2.7% | F(1,406) = 11.4, p =.001** |
3— DNR (a) | Robot | 2.6% | F(1,389) = 10.2, p =.002* | 0.6% | F(1,389) = 2.3, p =.13 |
3— DNR (b) | Human | 4.8% | F(1,488) = 24.4, p = < 0.001* | 0.1% | F(1,488) = 0.3, p =.58 |
3— Toxic Gas | Robot | 2.2% | F(1,332) = 7.5, p =.006* | 0.0% | F(1,332) = 0.1, p =.72 |
3— Toxic Gas | Human | 1.7% | F(1,509) = 8.9, p =.003* | 0.8% | F(1,509) = 4.4, p =.04** |
