How to Regulate Moral Dilemmas Involving Self-Driving Cars: The 2021 German Act on Autonomous Driving, the Trolley Problem, and the Search for a Role Model

With the promulgation of the Autonomous Driving Act in summer 2021, Germany took the worldwide lead on regulating self-driving cars. This Article discusses the (non-)regulation of moral dilemmas in this act. To this end, it clarifies the role of the so-called trolley problem, which influenced the re...

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Main Author: Lando Kirchmair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-11-01
Series:German Law Journal
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2071832223000834/type/journal_article