Crash Algorithms for Autonomous Cars: How the Trolley Problem Can Move Us Beyond Harm Minimisation

The prospective introduction of autonomous cars into public traffic raises the question of how such systems should behave when an accident is inevitable. Due to concerns with self-interest and liberal legitimacy that have become paramount in the emerging debate, a contractarian framework seems to pr...

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Authors: Hübner, Dietmar 1968- (Author) ; White, Lucie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2018]
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2018, Volume: 21, Issue: 3, Pages: 685-698
RelBib Classification:NCA Ethics
NCJ Ethics of science
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Crash algorithms
B Self-driving vehicles
B Trolley Problem
B Harm minimisation
B Autonomous cars
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