Designing a Serious Game for Military Ethics

Autor: Muller, T.J., Visschedijk, G.C.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the 45th ISAGA Conference, Dornbirn, Oostenrijk
Popis: Military personnel of all ranks and on all levels will encounter ethicaldilemmas during their career. Ethical dilemmas may occur in day-to-day business and, more importantly, during military operations, in which certain decisions may mean a difference between life and death. In order to prepare military personnel for ethical decision making and to prevent decrease of moral standards, the Dutch Forces continuously provides training in military ethics. The type of experiential learning and immersion that serious gaming provides has the potential to play an important role in the development of moral professionalism: it can present the trainee with authentic scenarios containing ethical dilemmas, force him to make a decision and confront him with the possible consequences of these decisions. The experience gathered by playing the game is input for further discussion with peers and experts. This paper presents the design and evaluation of a serious game for military ethics based on previous experiences with a dilemma game.
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