{
  "id": 14637,
  "url": "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-026-00614-y",
  "title": "What if I Want to be an Avatar: Moral and Legal Implications of Opting for a Life in the Metaverse",
  "summary": "The rise of virtual worlds, collectively known as the Metaverse, compels a re-examination of longstanding debates concerning personal freedom, moral responsibility, and legal accountability. These immersive digital environments differ from prior communication technologies not merely in degree but in the phenomenological quality they produce: a pervasive sense of presence that blurs the boundary between the virtual and the physical. This article examines the ethical and legal challenges that aris",
  "authors": null,
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "transparency,environment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-29T00:00:00.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-30T05:10:24.387Z",
  "source_slug": "x-science-and-engineering-ethics",
  "source_name": "Science and Engineering Ethics",
  "source_homepage": "https://link.springer.com/journal/11948",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14637",
  "original_url": "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-026-00614-y",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}