Resolving the Gamer's Dilemma: Examining the Moral and Psychological Differences Between Virtual Murder and Virtual Paedophilia

by Garry Young

Book Overview

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 morally permit virtual paedophilia. Yet most gamers and members of wider society would not want to play, endorse, or find in any way morally acceptable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319835459
• ISBN13: 9783319835457
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 139 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"