Abstract
Ethics is a branch of philosophy that studies moral problems. This chapter of the SCS M&S Body of Knowledge starts with a broader look at how ethics are influencing technical disciplines in general before looking at ethics for computer simulation in more detail. It devotes a section on ethics for simulationists and analysts, as they often provide guidance for decision makers with significant consequences. The chapter concludes with the simulationists code of ethics.
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Formanek, N., Durán, J.M., Davis, P.K., Tolk, A., Ören, T. (2023). Ethics. In: Ören, T., Zeigler, B.P., Tolk, A. (eds) Body of Knowledge for Modeling and Simulation. Simulation Foundations, Methods and Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11085-6_8
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