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Probabilistic Aggregation and Targeted Embedding Optimization for Collective Moral Reasoning in Large Language Models

Computation and Language 2026-02-09 v3 Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown impressive moral reasoning abilities. Yet they often diverge when confronted with complex, multi-factor moral dilemmas. To address these discrepancies, we propose a framework that synthesizes multiple LLMs' moral judgments into a collectively formulated moral judgment, realigning models that deviate significantly from this consensus. Our aggregation mechanism fuses continuous moral acceptability scores (beyond binary labels) into a collective probability, weighting contributions by model reliability. For misaligned models, a targeted embedding-optimization procedure fine-tunes token embeddings for moral philosophical theories, minimizing JS divergence to the consensus while preserving semantic integrity. Experiments on a large-scale social moral dilemma dataset show our approach builds robust consensus and improves individual model fidelity. These findings highlight the value of data-driven moral alignment across multiple models and its potential for safer, more consistent AI systems.

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@article{arxiv.2506.14625,
  title  = {Probabilistic Aggregation and Targeted Embedding Optimization for Collective Moral Reasoning in Large Language Models},
  author = {Chenchen Yuan and Zheyu Zhang and Shuo Yang and Bardh Prenkaj and Gjergji Kasneci},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.14625},
  year   = {2026}
}

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Accepted to ACL 2025 (Findings)

R2 v1 2026-07-01T03:22:05.146Z