The folly of trolleys: Ethical challenges and autonomous vehicles

Introduction Often when anyone hears about the ethics of autonomous cars the first thing to enter the conversation is “the Trolley Problem.” The Trolley Problem is a thought experiment where someone is presented with two situations that present nominally similar choices and potential consequences (Foot 1967; Kamm 1989; Kamm 2007; Otsuka 2008; Parfit 2011; Thompson … Continue reading The folly of trolleys: Ethical challenges and autonomous vehicles