Four Perspectives on What Matters for the Ethics of Automated Vehicles

Geoff Keeling; Katherine Evans; Sarah M. Thornton; Giulio Mecacci; Filippo Santoni de Sio

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-22933-7_6

Four Perspectives on What Matters for the Ethics of Automated Vehicles

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

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Road Vehicle Automation 6
Editors	Gereon Meyer, Sven Beiker
Publisher	Springer
Pages	49-60
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-22933-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-22932-0, 978-3-030-22935-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22933-7_6
Publication status	Published - 19 Jun 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018, AVS 2018 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 9 Jul 2018 → 12 Jul 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mobility (LNMOB)
ISSN (Print)	2196-5544
ISSN (Electronic)	2196-5552

Conference

Conference	Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018, AVS 2018
Abbreviated title	AVS 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	9/07/18 → 12/07/18

Keywords

Autonomous vehicles
Ethics of risk
Ethics of technology
Meaningful human control
Robot ethics

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Keeling, G, Evans, K, Thornton, SM, Mecacci, G & Santoni de Sio, F 2019, Four Perspectives on What Matters for the Ethics of Automated Vehicles. in G Meyer & S Beiker (eds), Road Vehicle Automation 6. Lecture Notes in Mobility (LNMOB), Springer, pp. 49-60, Automated Vehicles Symposium 2018, AVS 2018, San Francisco, United States, 9/07/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22933-7_6

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