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You wouldn't hit a dog, so why kill one in Minecraft? Why violence against virtual animals is an ethical issue

  • Written by Simon Coghlan, Senior Research Fellow in Digital Ethics, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
You wouldn't hit a dog, so why kill one in Minecraft? Why violence against virtual animals is an ethical issuePaulo O/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Violence against animals in video games is ubiquitous. Players can kill or torture animals in various popular games, including Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto V. The rise of this (increasingly realistic) trend in games, along with people’s tendency to go along with it, raises important questions.

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