Creator of the site here. I've always been fascinated by how people approach complex ethical questions, especially new ones created by technology that have no historical precedent. So, as a side project, I built Ethica Project. It's a simple platform to present these dilemmas, let people vote anonymously based on their country, and see how their choices compare to the global consensus. The goal is to create a living dataset of human morality and a place for thoughtful debate. The linked dilemma about AI "ghosts" is a perfect example of what I'm trying to explore. The tech stack is Next.js, hosted on Vercel, with Neon for the database. I would genuinely love to get this community's feedback on the concept, the UX/UI, and any technical suggestions you might have. What other dilemmas should I add?
Thanks for checking it out.
codingdave•7mo ago
But this site doesn't explore that. It bypasses all of the "why", and just gives statistics of where people fall at a snapshot in time. It gives no opportunity to dig into reasons, no philosophical basis for people's choices, no arguments to perhaps expand people's thought processes around ethics...
I'd expand this to dig deeper. Provide reading lists to build up the knowledge to have discussion around the issues. Identify the core literature and discussions that already exist on a topic, and ask people to build upon those, not just complete a poll.
After all, new ethical questions do have precedent. New questions can be broken down into non-technical ethical concerns that have already been covered in philosophical literature. Go all the way back to Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and the centuries of philosophers who have built upon them, as well as non-Western traditions. Tech may add a new flavor, but the underlying questions at least can start from a prior base of knowledge and thought, from which you can filter out what the new question is that tech brings to the discussion.