Self-Driving Cars and Engineering Ethics: The Need for a System Level Analysis.

The literature on self-driving cars and ethics continues to grow. Yet much of it focuses on ethical complexities emerging from an individual vehicle. That is an important but insufficient step towards determining how the technology will impact human lives and society more generally. What must comple...

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Publicado en:Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 383 - 399
Autores principales: Borenstein, Jason, Herkert, Joseph R., Miller, Keith W.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2019
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          School of Public Policy and Office of Graduate Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology, 685 Cherry Street, 30332-0345, Atlanta, GA, USA
          Interdisciplinary Studies, Genetic Engineering and Society Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
          College of Education, University of Missouri – St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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