Towards a Framework for Ethical Decision Making in Automated Vehicles

Resumen

Automated driving technology advances quickly, and self-driving vehicles will soon no longer need human supervision. The ethical questions that the technology brings with it, however, are diverse and not always easily solvable. In particular, the question of morally right behavior in dilemma situations presents an unsolved issue to date, a solution to which has the potential to make our roads significantly safer and fairer. The main contribution of this paper is a discussion of central issues with regard to the regulation and implementation of ethical decision making systems in automated vehicles. We review existing guidelines with respect to their theoretical and practical feasibility, and highlight a number of unsolved issues that need to be addressed in the pursuit of a framework for automated ethics. We conclude with a list of 10 central demands and open issues that should be discussed on a societal level and need to be addressed by regulators and manufacturers.

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Sütfeld, L. R., König, P., & Pipa, G. (2019). Towards a Framework for Ethical Decision Making in Automated Vehicles. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/4duca