David Edmonds
British philosopher and broadcaster, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, author of Would You Kill the Fat Man? and co-host of Philosophy Bites.
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Their wordsThe driverless car will exact significant costs (lorry and taxi drivers will lose their livelihoods), but the benefits will be immense.
↗Cars without drivers still need a moral compass. But what kind?theguardian.com 1st of 6 in this piece
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Their wordsThe crucial point is to acknowledge that trolley dilemmas are going to be extremely rare.
↗Cars without drivers still need a moral compass. But what kind?theguardian.com 2nd of 6 in this piece
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People will be more tolerant of machines making utilitarian decisions than of humans doing so.
Their wordsHowever, I think that when it comes to machines we will be more tolerant of their making utilitarian decisions.
↗Cars without drivers still need a moral compass. But what kind?theguardian.com 3rd of 6 in this piece
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Their wordsIt would be farcical if passengers or manufacturers were free to choose their car’s morality for themselves
↗Cars without drivers still need a moral compass. But what kind?theguardian.com 4th of 6 in this piece
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Their wordsA much more straightforward approach would be for the government to insist upon a general “minimise loss of life” rule.
↗Cars without drivers still need a moral compass. But what kind?theguardian.com 5th of 6 in this piece
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Their wordsMore controversially, the “minimise loss of life” code should apply even when the lives at stake include those of the passengers inside the driverless car.
↗Cars without drivers still need a moral compass. But what kind?theguardian.com 6th of 6 in this piece
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Their wordsThese days, any ambition to contribute to many disciplines is probably unrealistic.
↗Does the world need polymaths?bbc.co.uk 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsbut they are repositories of scholarship rather than contributors to it.
↗Does the world need polymaths?bbc.co.uk 2nd of 2 in this piece