Resolving the Gamer’s Dilemma Examining the Moral and Psychological Differences between Virtual Murder and Virtual Paedophilia /

• Main Author: Young, Garry (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Cyberpsychology
• Subjects: Psychology.; Ethics.; Crime > Sociological aspects.; Computer crimes.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Sexual Behavior.; Cybercrime.; Crime and Society.; Moral Philosophy.

This book explores the gamer’s dilemma, which lies at the heart of theorising about the morality of certain video game content. The dilemma is as follows: given that gaming content involves virtual characters within a virtual environment, the moral permission of virtual murder would also appear to m...