Ethics Training Agents: Facilitating Group-Based Ethics Education with Role-Playing and Discussion for Ethical Reflection and Exploration

2026-09-10

AI Summary

本文提出一种基于角色扮演和讨论的伦理培训系统，利用多个具有不同伦理倾向的LLM参与者及一个协调员促进STEM学生的群体伦理教育。

Abstract

Group-based ethics training for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students is a complex challenge, requiring substantial resources and expertise. While activity-based teaching methods, such as role-playing and discussions, are commonly employed to simulate real-world scenarios, current practices are often manual and lack integration with effective online platforms for supporting group-based ethical discussions. In this work, we propose Ethics Training Agents, a group discussion system that leverages multiple LLM participants embodying distinct ethical orientations, along with a moderator agent, to enable structured human-AI group ethical discussions for collaborative reflection. We conduct a user study with 45 undergraduate STEM students to evaluate the learning outcomes and user experience. The results show that our system supports engagement, coordination, and perspective-taking in group discussions and has a positive influence on ethical sensitivity. We also discuss practical design strategies for integrating multiple LLM agents into multi-human group settings to facilitate ethics training for STEM students.

Problem

• Ethics Training
• STEM Students
• Group Discussion
• Role-Playing
• Online Platforms

Innovation

• Ethics Training Agents
• LLM participants
• group ethical discussions
• STEM students