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5 Notre Dame J. on Emerging Tech. [i] (2023)

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VOLUME 5                     September 2022              ISSUE  1



                                               © 2023 William H. Widen


                          ARTICLES


   AUTOMATED VEHICLES, MORAL HAZARDS &
                    THE   AV  PROBLEM

                       WILLIAM  H. WIDEN



  INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 1
            A. Hypothetical Safety Rating Scale .................................3
            B. AV Industry Messaging & Regulation ......................5
      I.    THE SAFETY PROPOSITION................................................ 7
      II.   APPROACHES  TO THE MORAL HAZARD ...............................8
            A. Enormous  Financial Pressures at Time of Decision ..1o
            B. High Tech Attitudes Towards Decision Making ........12
      III.  UTILITARIAN JUSTIFICATIONS ............................................. 13
            A. Additional Utilitarian Justifications for Deployment 15
      IV.   TWO  ATIITUDES TOWARDS THE SAFETY PROPOSITION ......... 16
      V.    THE PIVOT TO EDUCATION ........................................... 23
      VI.   CHANCE  SET-UPS ............................................................. 24
      VII.  NEURAL  NETWORKS, BUDDHIST TEMPLES  AND OSTRICHES ..26
      VIII. IMPORTANCE  OF ALTERNATE TESTING METHODS................ 29
      IX.   STRUCTURES  TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING30
      X.    COMPARING  THE TROLLEY PROBLEM TO THE AV PROBLEM .. 33
            A. The Difference Between a Trolley Case and a Trolley
               P roblem ........................................................................33
            B. Application of a Trolley Case to the AV Problem .......35
            C. Bystanders Versus AV Companies.......................... 37
      XI.   THE NEXT  OF KIN QUESTION...............................................38
  CONCLUSION..........................................................................................40
  POSTSCRIPT ........................................................................................ 43






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