ApplE: An Applied Ethics Ontology with Event Context

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.05110v1
• Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2025 17:34:50 GMT
• Title: ApplE: An Applied Ethics Ontology with Event Context
• Authors: Aisha Aijaz, Raghava Mutharaju, Manohar Kumar,
• Abstract summary: We propose ApplE, an Applied Ethics ontology that captures philosophical theory and event context to holistically describe the morality of an action. The development process adheres to a modified version of the Agile methodology for Ontology Development (SAMOD) and utilizes standard design and publication practices.
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• Abstract: Applied ethics is ubiquitous in most domains, requiring much deliberation due to its philosophical nature. Varying views often lead to conflicting courses of action where ethical dilemmas become challenging to resolve. Although many factors contribute to such a decision, the major driving forces can be discretized and thus simplified to provide an indicative answer. Knowledge representation and reasoning offer a way to explicitly translate abstract ethical concepts into applicable principles within the context of an event. To achieve this, we propose ApplE, an Applied Ethics ontology that captures philosophical theory and event context to holistically describe the morality of an action. The development process adheres to a modified version of the Simplified Agile Methodology for Ontology Development (SAMOD) and utilizes standard design and publication practices. Using ApplE, we model a use case from the bioethics domain that demonstrates our ontology's social and scientific value. Apart from the ontological reasoning and quality checks, ApplE is also evaluated using the three-fold testing process of SAMOD. ApplE follows FAIR principles and aims to be a viable resource for applied ethicists and ontology engineers.

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