Department of Philosophy, University of Bristol, Cotham House, Bristol, BS6 6JL, UK.
Sci Eng Ethics. 2020 Feb;26(1):293-307. doi: 10.1007/s11948-019-00096-1. Epub 2019 Mar 4.
This paper argues against the view that trolley cases are of little or no relevance to the ethics of automated vehicles. Four arguments for this view are outlined and rejected: the Not Going to Happen Argument, the Moral Difference Argument, the Impossible Deliberation Argument and the Wrong Question Argument. In making clear where these arguments go wrong, a positive account is developed of how trolley cases can inform the ethics of automated vehicles.
本文反对认为电车难题与自动驾驶车辆的伦理道德几乎没有关系或毫无关系的观点。本文概述并驳斥了支持这一观点的四个论据:不会发生论证、道德差异论证、不可能的审议论证和错误问题论证。通过明确这些论证的错误之处,本文提出了一个积极的观点,即电车难题如何为自动驾驶车辆的伦理道德提供信息。