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Lecture 6: self driving cars - Coggle Diagram
Lecture 6: self driving cars
Nyholm, S. (2017a).
The ethics of crashes with self-driving cars: A roadmap, I & II.
Trolley Problem & self driving cars
3 reasons to be sceptical
need to set moral en lagal resp. aside
with cars: we don't know the scenario
very small set of factors
With trolley: you need to sacrify someone --> With car not always
self driving cars and ethical thories
Kant
choose rules that could applie as universal laws
Make it fair
Virtue ethics
Moral technologies to make people act virtous
being carefull & responsible
Utilitarianism
equip the car with a utalitarian calculator
maximize utility in a crash
OR Programmed to save owners --> more people buy self driving car --> Bring down overall number of deaths
Contractualism
value of each person maximizing own survival
OR protect who is most vulnarable
self interested reasons to "minimize harm"
Very rational approach = not good
Responsibility gap p68
redistribution gap
Robots as an agent:
make life and death decision
make split second decisions
Replicate human decision proces
Collaborative agency
Lecture 6: notes
What ethics setting
Human reaction
Decision of the car
The doctrine of double effects
the intention of the actor was good
the bad effects are not a part of the purpose
the bad effect is unavoidable
The good effect is sufficiently good to compensate the bad effects
The act is good in itself
self driving cars is not the same as Auto pilot
Principle of unnecessary risk
Other ethical issues
autonomy
privacy
Acceptance
Security