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Drawing on Theory of Mind, AI Moral Agency, and the Godspeed framework, this study investigates how perceived LLM attributes\u2014namely anthropomorphism, animacy, likeability, and intelligence\u2014are associated with users' perceptions of agency and morality in the context of artificial moral advisors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 758 valid respondents who were presented with vignette-based moral dilemmas relevant to young adults and instructed to imagine seeking advice from LLM-based conversational agents.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Perceived agency was positively associated with perceived morality, suggesting that users are more likely to regard LLM-based artificial moral advisors as morally capable when they perceive them as autonomous, intentional, and self-directed entities. Perceived LLM anthropomorphism and animacy were significantly and positively associated with perceived agency, with perceived agency fully mediating their associations with the perceived morality of artificial moral advisors. Perceived LLM likeability and intelligence were positively associated with perceived morality but were not significantly associated with perceived agency, suggesting that users may infer moral capability from social appeal and cognitive competence without necessarily attributing autonomy or intentionality to these systems.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings offer important theoretical and practical implications for the ethical design of artificial moral advisors, particularly regarding the need to prevent inflated perceptions of AI moral competence and authority.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/frai.2026.1901532","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]],"date-time":"2026-09-23T05:50:06Z","timestamp":1790142606000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Large language model attributes and perceived moral agency of artificial moral advisors"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Tze Wei","family":"Liew","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Interaction and Experience Design, CoE for Immersive Experience, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia","place":["Cyberjaya, Malaysia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Su-Mae","family":"Tan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Interaction and Experience Design, CoE for Immersive Experience, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia","place":["Cyberjaya, Malaysia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yi Yong","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Management and Marketing Innovation, CoE for Business Innovation and Communication, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia","place":["Cyberjaya, Malaysia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chin Lay","family":"Gan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre for Management and Marketing Innovation, CoE for Business Innovation and Communication, Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia","place":["Cyberjaya, Malaysia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tak Jie","family":"Chan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Business, Information & Human Sciences, Kuala Lumpur University of Science and Technology","place":["Kajang, Malaysia"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"945","DOI":"10.1145\/3600211.3604744","article-title":"\u201cThe ELIZA defect: constructing the right users for generative AI,\u201d","author":"Affsprung","year":"2023","journal-title":"Proceedings of the 2023 AAAI\/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"8458","DOI":"10.1038\/s41598-024-58087-7","article-title":"Attributions toward artificial agents in a modified moral turing test","volume":"14","author":"Aharoni","year":"2024","journal-title":"Sci. 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