We welcome contributions on machine ethics and moral reasoning in AI\, spanning philosophical\, theoretical\, and empirical work. Papers on work in progress are welcome\, as are submissions of authors' recently published work on topics highly relevant to the workshop. The workshop is non-archival.
\nWe accept submissions in three length categories: up to 2 pages\, up to 4 pages\, or up to 8 pages. Bibliographies do not count toward these page limits. Submissions must be anonymized for review.
\nFor more information on the workshop and topics of interest\, please visit our website: https://mere-ai-workshop.com/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261009T015840Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20261201T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20261202T170000 SUMMARY:Machine Ethics and Reasoning in AI (MERe AI) Workshop UID:20261012T025351Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:98a9:e4ff:fef8:2072%3 TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:Toronto\, Canada DESCRIPTION:The Machine Ethics and Reasoning in AI (MERe AI) Workshop is a two-day academic workshop bringing together researchers in philosophy\, machine ethics\, AI safety\, and evaluations to strengthen the scientific basis for normative competence in frontier AI systems: the ability to recognize morally relevant features of a situation\, apply principles in unfamiliar contexts\, and reason through conflicting commitments and uncertainty.
\nAs AI systems encounter situations not spelled out during training\, how can we tell whether their moral reasoning is sound? The workshop connects philosophical foundations with empirical evaluation to identify what we should measure\, how to measure it\, and where current approaches fall short. Shared evaluation targets can support safer systems\, more effective human oversight\, and responsible use across domains where AI decisions affect people.
\nDay 1 will feature invited talks\, contributed papers\, and posters. Day 2 will focus on a shared task: developing a taxonomy of moral reasoning competencies and drafting an open problems paper to guide future research.
\nOur aim is to build agreement on what competent moral reasoning requires while preserving reasonable disagreement about moral conclusions. This is the second edition of the workshop\, following the first MERe AI workshop held online in July 2025.
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