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LLMs' Moral Reasoning Enhanced by Pragmatic Inference Approach

Researchers have developed a new approach to enhance moral reasoning in large language models (LLMs) by focusing on pragmatic inference and metapragmatic links. This method aims to bridge the gap between explicit statements and implied moral meanings, drawing on Moral Foundations Theory. Experiments across three distinct moral reasoning tasks demonstrate that this approach significantly improves LLMs' ability to generalize their moral reasoning capabilities. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to LLMs that exhibit more nuanced and reliable moral reasoning, crucial for applications requiring ethical judgment.

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LLMs' Moral Reasoning Enhanced by Pragmatic Inference Approach

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Guangliang Liu, Xi Chen, Bocheng Chen, Han Zi, Xitong Zhang, Kristen Johnson ·

    Pragmatic Inference for Moral Reasoning Acquisition: Generalization via Metapragmatic Links

    arXiv:2509.24102v5 Announce Type: replace Abstract: While moral reasoning has emerged as a promising research direction for large language models (LLMs), achieving robust generalization remains a critical challenge. This challenge arises from the gap between what is said and what…