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Four Perspectives on What Matters for the Ethics of Automated Vehicles

Authors : Geoff Keeling, Katherine Evans, Sarah M. Thornton, Giulio Mecacci, Filippo Santoni de Sio

Published in: Road Vehicle Automation 6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The ethical discussion on automated vehicles (AVs) has for the most part focused on what morality requires in AV collisions which present moral dilemmas. This discussion has been challenged for its failure to address the various kinds of risk and uncertainty which we can expect to arise in AV collisions; and for overlooking certain morally relevant facts which are unique to the context of AVs. We take these criticisms as a starting point and outline four perspectives on what matters for the ethics of AVs: risk and uncertainty, value sensitive design, partiality towards passengers and meaningful human control.

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This work is part of the research project Meaningful Human Control over Automated Driving Systems with project number MVI.16.044, which is (partly) financed by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
 
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Metadata
Title
Four Perspectives on What Matters for the Ethics of Automated Vehicles
Authors
Geoff Keeling
Katherine Evans
Sarah M. Thornton
Giulio Mecacci
Filippo Santoni de Sio
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Road Vehicle Automation 6

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-22932-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-22933-7

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22933-7_6

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