Coping Theory

• [Marsella and Gratch, 2003]
• allow agents to deal with strong negative emotions by changing the appraisal of the given situation was proposed
• agent assesses the ethical effects of its own actions and other agents’ actions
• If its own action violates a given moral value, the shame emotion is triggered which serves to lower the priority of continuing with the given action
• If another agent’s action violates a given moral value, the reproach emotion is triggered in the observing agent which serves to increase social distance with the given agent
• similar to existing individual ethical decision frameworks implicit reward
• humans in the loop