{
  "id": 6839,
  "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22617v1",
  "title": "Do Consumers Accept AIs as Moral Compliance Agents?",
  "summary": "Consumers are generally resistant to Artificial Intelligence (AI) involvement in moral decision-making, perceiving moral agency as requiring uniquely human traits. This research investigates whether consumers might instead accept AIs in the role of moral compliance, where AI upholds pre-existing moral norms without exercising subjective discretion. Across five studies this research shows that consumers evaluate AI more positively than human agents in moral compliance roles. The findings reveal t",
  "authors": "Greg Nyilasy, Abraham Ryan Ade Putra Hito, Jennifer Overbeck, Brock Bastian, Darren W. Dahl",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "regulation,agents-autonomy,finance-investment",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-03-23T22:36:56.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T16:32:45.895Z",
  "source_slug": "arxiv-ethics",
  "source_name": "arXiv",
  "source_homepage": "https://arxiv.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/6839",
  "original_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.22617v1",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}