長久以來人工智慧一直著重在理性的研究。 理性代理人能為短期利益，在單一代理人環境做出最佳的決定，卻無法在長期，互相了解的多代理人環境中取得較佳的利益。 本文探討理性及非理性的極限與其存在的背景，提出以情緒為基礎的代理人架構，希望藉由情緒代理人架構解釋眾多非理性行為對於代理人的好處，在長期多代理人系統中，代理人以情緒解釋各種狀態，利用情緒的特質，以趨近快樂遠離痛苦的基本原則，快速評估環境，做出最快樂的決定。

在道德-情緒架構中，情緒分成了較理性，對事物利益判斷帶有人格偏見的喜好情緒以及非理性，但隱藏著長遠利益偏見的道德情感，道德情感再分成相信絕對道德規範的義務論道德情感，以及關心眾人利益的目的論道德情感。 除了將情緒依理性非理性分類以外，也以事物觀察的向度將情緒分類，以利於架構中的規劃決策使用。 最後討論本文與本架構不足之處，並且提出一些未來可能的解決方向與與期待。

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