Autonomous Car Ethics

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This image is from “Autonomous Vehicles Need Experimental Ethics: Are We Ready for Utilitarian Cars?” by Jean-Francois Bonnefon, Azim Shariff, and Iyad Rahwan. They are from Toulouse School of Economics, University of Oregon and MIT. In the article, they stated the moral algorithms will need to accomplish three potentially incompatible objects: being consistent, not causing public outrage and not discouraging buyers. They argued that manufacturers and regulators will need psychologists to apply the methods of experimental ethics to situations involving autonomous vehicles and unavoidable harm (Jean, Azim, & Iyad, 2015).
In the picture, the vehicle is driving downward with yellow solid line on the right and white line on the left. It indicates that the driver (autonomous system) is driving legally. However, the action of pedestrians across the road without any pedestrian crossing is illegal. The black wall on the side indicate the firm objects could damage the car and injury the passengers. …show more content…
After turning a corner, you realize that you are in the situation of an unavoidable collision just like three situations described in the picture. What should you do in three different situations? Your life and the life of passerby depended on the autonomous system algorithms, so to speak. In the situation “a”, should the car make a swerve to the left hit the innocent person on the left side, saving the group illegally across the road? Or should the car keep going straight and make an emergency stop, but will hit the group of people while keeping you and the person on the left safe? In the situation “b”, should the car swerve to the left into the wall, likely injuring or killing you? Or should it hit the pedestrian while keeping you safe? In the situation “c”, should the car make a swerve into the wall? Or should it make as emergency stop, but will hit the group of people while keeping you

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