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Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated human-like capabilities in language comprehension and generation, becoming active participants in social and cognitive domains. This study investigates whether LLMs exhibit personality-like…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Wang Jiaqi , Wang bo , Guo fa , Cheng cheng , Yang li

The growing interest in employing large language models (LLMs) for decision-making in social and economic contexts has raised questions about their potential to function as agents in these domains. A significant number of societal problems…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Hadi Hosseini , Samarth Khanna

Large language models have been extensively studied for emotion recognition and moral reasoning as distinct capabilities, yet the extent to which emotions influence moral judgment remains underexplored. In this work, we develop an…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-04-22 Mohammad Saim , Tianyu Jiang

Large Language Models (LLMs) have achieved unparalleled success across diverse language modeling tasks in recent years. However, this progress has also intensified ethical concerns, impacting the deployment of LLMs in everyday contexts.…

The rapid integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) in high-stakes decision-making -- such as allocating scarce resources like donor organs -- raises critical questions about their alignment with human moral values. We systematically…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-21 John P. Dickerson , Hadi Hosseini , Samarth Khanna , Leona Pierce

Moral foundation detection is crucial for analyzing social discourse and developing ethically-aligned AI systems. While large language models excel across diverse tasks, their performance on specialized moral reasoning remains unclear. This…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Maciej Skorski , Alina Landowska

As large language models (LLMs) shape AI development, ensuring ethical prompt recommendations is crucial. LLMs offer innovation but risk bias, fairness issues, and accountability concerns. Traditional oversight methods struggle with…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Jordan Nelson , Almas Baimagambetov , Konstantinos Avgerinakis , Nikolaos Polatidis

This paper presents a case study on the design, administration, post-processing, and evaluation of surveys on large language models (LLMs). It comprises two components: (1) A statistical method for eliciting beliefs encoded in LLMs. We…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-07-27 Nino Scherrer , Claudia Shi , Amir Feder , David M. Blei

In this position paper, we argue that instead of morally aligning LLMs to specific set of ethical principles, we should infuse generic ethical reasoning capabilities into them so that they can handle value pluralism at a global scale. When…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-12 Abhinav Rao , Aditi Khandelwal , Kumar Tanmay , Utkarsh Agarwal , Monojit Choudhury

Large language models often produce human-like moral judgments, but it is unclear whether this reflects an internal conceptual structure or superficial ``moral mimicry.'' Using Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) as an analytic framework, we…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-05-20 Chenxiao Yu , Bowen Yi , Farzan Karimi-Malekabadi , Suhaib Abdurahman , Jinyi Ye , Shrikanth Narayanan , Yue Zhao , Morteza Dehghani

Large language models are increasingly applied in real-world scenarios, including research and education. These models, however, come with well-known ethical issues, which may manifest in unexpected ways in human-computer interaction…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Shivani Kapania , Ruiyi Wang , Toby Jia-Jun Li , Tianshi Li , Hong Shen

Ethical decision-making is a critical aspect of human judgment, and the growing use of LLMs in decision-support systems necessitates a rigorous evaluation of their moral reasoning capabilities. However, existing assessments primarily rely…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Ya Wu , Qiang Sheng , Danding Wang , Guang Yang , Yifan Sun , Zhengjia Wang , Yuyan Bu , Juan Cao

Background: As large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used in healthcare and medical consultation settings, a growing concern is whether these models can respond to medical inquiries in a manner that is ethically…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Hanhui Xu , Jiacheng Ji , Haoan Jin , Han Ying , Mengyue Wu

Decision-making agents based on pre-trained Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly being deployed across various domains of human activity. While their applications are currently rather specialized, several research efforts are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Elizaveta Tennant , Stephen Hailes , Mirco Musolesi

The evolution of morality presents a puzzle: natural selection should favor self-interest, yet humans developed moral systems promoting altruism. Traditional approaches must abstract away cognitive processes, leaving open how cognitive…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Zhou Ziheng , Huacong Tang , Mingjie Bi , Yipeng Kang , Wanying He , Fang Sun , Yizhou Sun , Ying Nian Wu , Demetri Terzopoulos , Fangwei Zhong

Large Language Models (LLMs) represent a major step toward artificial general intelligence, significantly advancing our ability to interact with technology. While LLMs perform well on Natural Language Processing tasks -- such as…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Brandon Smith , Mohamed Reda Bouadjenek , Tahsin Alamgir Kheya , Phillip Dawson , Sunil Aryal

Ethical reasoning is a crucial skill for Large Language Models (LLMs). However, moral values are not universal, but rather influenced by language and culture. This paper explores how three prominent LLMs -- GPT-4, ChatGPT, and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Utkarsh Agarwal , Kumar Tanmay , Aditi Khandelwal , Monojit Choudhury

The widespread adoption of large language models (LLMs) underscores the urgent need to ensure their fairness. However, LLMs frequently present dominant viewpoints while ignoring alternative perspectives from minority parties, resulting in…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Tianlin Li , Xiaoyu Zhang , Chao Du , Tianyu Pang , Qian Liu , Qing Guo , Chao Shen , Yang Liu

The deployment of large language models (LLMs) in mental health and other sensitive domains raises urgent questions about ethical reasoning, fairness, and responsible alignment. Yet, existing benchmarks for moral and clinical…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Sai Kartheek Reddy Kasu

The increasing success of Large Language Models (LLMs) in variety of tasks lead to their widespread use in our lives which necessitates the examination of these models from different perspectives. The alignment of these models to human…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-11-15 Eyup Engin Kucuk , Muhammed Yusuf Kocyigit
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