Dario Cecchini

Works (12)

Updated: January 16th, 2026 11:45

2025 article

Moral Complexity in Traffic: Advancing the ADC Model for Automated Driving Systems

Cecchini, D., & Dubljević, V. (2025, January 24). Science and Engineering Ethics, Vol. 31.

By: D. Cecchini n  & V. Dubljević n 

author keywords: Traffic moral judgment; ADC Model of moral judgment; Autonomous vehicle ethics; Autonomous vehicle decision-making
MeSH headings : Humans; Automobile Driving; Morals; Automation / ethics; Judgment / ethics; Decision Making / ethics; Trust; Risk; Accidents, Traffic / prevention & control
topics (OpenAlex): Ethics and Social Impacts of AI; Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
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Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: January 24, 2025

2025 article

Morality on the road: the ADC model in low-stakes traffic vignettes

Pflanzer, M., Cecchini, D., Cacace, S., & Dubljević, V. (2025, June 9). Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 16.

By: M. Pflanzer n , D. Cecchini n , S. Cacace*  & V. Dubljević n 

author keywords: ADC model; autonomous vehicles; moral judgment; traffic morality; moral psychology
topics (OpenAlex): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Ethics in Business and Education; Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 30, 2025

2025 article

Why Moral Intuitions are Not Emotions: A Critical Examination

Cantamessi, G., & Cecchini, D. (2025, April 29). The Journal of Ethics, Vol. 4.

By: G. Cantamessi * & D. Cecchini n 

author keywords: Attitudes; Emotions; Moral intuitions; Reductionism
topics (OpenAlex): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Ethics in Business and Education; Emotions and Moral Behavior
Sources: ORCID, Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: April 29, 2025

2024 article

Aligning artificial intelligence with moral intuitions: an intuitionist approach to the alignment problem

Cecchini, D., Pflanzer, M., & Dubljević, V. (2024, May 27). AI and Ethics, Vol. 5.

By: D. Cecchini n , M. Pflanzer n  & V. Dubljević n 

topics (OpenAlex): Ethics and Social Impacts of AI; Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
Source: ORCID
Added: June 1, 2024

2024 article

The Reliability Challenge to Moral Intuitions

Cecchini, D. (2024, June 8). Neuroethics, Vol. 17.

By: D. Cecchini n 

Contributors: D. Cecchini n 

author keywords: Moral intuition; Reliability challenge; Intuitive strength; Intuitive confidence
topics (OpenAlex): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics; Free Will and Agency
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Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: June 17, 2024

2024 article

What’s Left of Moral Bioenhancement? Reviewing a 15-Year Debate

Bissette, H., Cecchini, D., Sterner, R., Eskander, E., & Dubljević, V. (2024, December 27). HEC Forum, Vol. 12.

By: H. Bissette*, D. Cecchini n , R. Sterner  n, E. Eskander n & V. Dubljević n 

author keywords: Moral bioenhancement; Moral enhancement; Scoping review; Bioethics
topics (OpenAlex): Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations; Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Free Will and Agency
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 27, 2024

2023 article

Moral judgment in realistic traffic scenarios: moving beyond the trolley paradigm for ethics of autonomous vehicles

Cecchini, D., Brantley, S., & Dubljević, V. (2023, November 29). AI & Society, Vol. 11.

By: D. Cecchini n , S. Brantley n & V. Dubljević n 

Contributors: D. Cecchini n , S. Brantley n & V. Dubljević n 

author keywords: Traffic moral judgment; Moral machine experiment; Trolley problem; ADC model
topics (OpenAlex): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Ethics and Social Impacts of AI; Free Will and Agency
TL;DR: This paper argues that the trolley dilemma is an inadequate experimental paradigm for investigating traffic moral judgments because it does not include agents’ character-based considerations and is incapable of facilitating the investigation of low-stakes mundane traffic scenarios, and presents an alternative experimental framework that addresses these issues. (via Semantic Scholar)
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16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: December 18, 2023

2022 article

Are moral intuitions intellectual perceptions?

Cecchini, D. (2022, April 30). Rivista Internazionale Di Filosofia e Psicologia, Vol. 13, pp. 31–40.

By: D. Cecchini* 

Contributors: D. Cecchini* 

topics (OpenAlex): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
Source: ORCID
Added: January 14, 2025

2022 article

Moral intuition, strength, and metacognition

Cecchini, D. (2022, January 11). Philosophical Psychology, Vol. 1, pp. 1–25.

By: D. Cecchini* 

Contributors: D. Cecchini* 

topics (OpenAlex): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Emotions and Moral Behavior; Ethics in Business and Education
Source: ORCID
Added: January 14, 2025

2021 article

Dual-process reflective equilibrium: rethinking the interplay between intuition and reflection in moral reasoning

Cecchini, D. (2021, May 6). Philosophical Explorations, Vol. 24, pp. 295–311.

By: D. Cecchini* 

Contributors: D. Cecchini* 

topics (OpenAlex): Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment; Emotions and Moral Behavior; Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Source: ORCID
Added: January 14, 2025

2021 article

Experiencing the Conflict: The Rationality of Ambivalence

Cecchini, D. (2021, October 12). The Journal of Value Inquiry, Vol. 10, pp. 1–12.

By: D. Cecchini* 

Contributors: D. Cecchini* 

topics (OpenAlex): Cultural Differences and Values
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10. Reduced Inequalities (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 14, 2025

2020 article

Problems for hard moral particularism: Can we really dismiss general reasons?

Cecchini, D. (2020, July 20). CINECA IRIS Institutial Research Information System (University of Genoa), Vol. 8, pp. 31–46.

By: D. Cecchini* 

Contributors: D. Cecchini* 

topics (OpenAlex): Ethics in medical practice; War, Ethics, and Justification; Philosophical Ethics and Theory
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16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (OpenAlex)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 14, 2025

Employment

Updated: November 15th, 2023 11:12

2022 - present

North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Postdoctoral Research Scholar Department of philosophy and religious studies

Education

Updated: January 4th, 2024 16:29

2018 - 2022

Università degli Studi di Genova Genova, Liguria, IT
PhD DAFIST

2015 - 2017

Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, Toscana, IT
Class of Humanities

2012 - 2015

Università degli Studi di Firenze Dipartimento di Lettere e Filosofia Firenze, Toscana, IT
BA degree in Philosophy

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