Driven towards a moral crash
Accidents will survive the outbreak of driverless cars, but their moral implications will suffer substantial changes. The decision made today by a human in a fraction of a second will eventually be replaced by an algorithm subject to moral scrutiny. This not only raises the question of how the algor...
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2020-08-01
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| description | Accidents will survive the outbreak of driverless cars, but their moral implications will suffer substantial changes. The decision made today by a human in a fraction of a second will eventually be replaced by an algorithm subject to moral scrutiny. This not only raises the question of how the algorithm should work, or whether alternatives solutions are indeed comparable, but also changes the essence of the problem: from ascertaining liability to defining desired outcomes. In this paper, I first contest two possible approaches to resolving the driverless car dilemma – which I call statistical and nominal – to conclude that neither is morally sound. I then propose an alternative solution based on “time-relative equality”, or always sparing younger people. This follows from seeking (i) an egalitarian solution, that is (ii) the least intrusive – a position I defend from a possible ageist critique. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30a699a50b274a6691d63271d76a3b7b2022-12-22T01:18:40ZdeuMimesis Edizioni, MilanoRivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia2039-46672239-26292020-08-0111222323710.4453/rifp.2020.0014Driven towards a moral crashAntoni LorenteAccidents will survive the outbreak of driverless cars, but their moral implications will suffer substantial changes. The decision made today by a human in a fraction of a second will eventually be replaced by an algorithm subject to moral scrutiny. This not only raises the question of how the algorithm should work, or whether alternatives solutions are indeed comparable, but also changes the essence of the problem: from ascertaining liability to defining desired outcomes. In this paper, I first contest two possible approaches to resolving the driverless car dilemma – which I call statistical and nominal – to conclude that neither is morally sound. I then propose an alternative solution based on “time-relative equality”, or always sparing younger people. This follows from seeking (i) an egalitarian solution, that is (ii) the least intrusive – a position I defend from a possible ageist critique.https://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2020.0014/1055driverless carsaccidentalgorithmage-relative equality |
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| title | Driven towards a moral crash |
| title_full | Driven towards a moral crash |
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| topic | driverless cars accident algorithm age-relative equality |
| url | https://www.rifp.it/ojs/index.php/rifp/article/view/rifp.2020.0014/1055 |
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