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The Moral Dilemma of Utilitarian Algorithm for Driverless VehiclesChinese Full Text

SUI Ting-ting;ZHANG Xue-yi;Department of Philosophy, Peking University;Department of Philosophy and Science, Southeast University;

Abstract: Driverless vehicles are accompanied by many moral disputes in algorithm. The trolley dilemma is one of the most crucial moral dilemmas. Among moral algorithm, utilitarianism, as the most acceptable choice, is the most expected algorithm. However, in a survey conducted by Bonnefon, it’s the most preferred choice, but seldom people showed interest in buying driverless vehicles with it. Was the purchase situation a trigger for the moral preferences, or was the morality independent of the selection? Whether the utilitarian preference can be the basis of algorithm design? We set up three experiments to deal with these questions. In the within group comparison, we found that moral and choice preferences were not always linked. The choice preference in the trolley case was not enough to support driverless vehicles in using a utilitarianism algorithm. According to the limitation of existing algorithms, the future direction of driverless vehicles’ ethical algorithm should not only break out of framework of utilitarianism and egoism, but also need to be compatible with necessity and reality.
  • DOI:

    10.19484/j.cnki.1000-8934.2021.10.019

  • Series:

    (A) Mathematics/ Physics/ Mechanics/ Astronomy; (F) Literature/ History/ Philosophy

  • Subject:

    Ethics

  • Classification Code:

    B82-064

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