Test-Driving the Future: Autonomous Vehicles and the Ethics of Technological Change (Philosophy, Technology and Society)

ISBN 10: 1786613239 / ISBN 13: 9781786613233

Published by Rowman & Littlefield, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Test-Driving the Future: Autonomous Vehicles and the Ethics of Technological Change (Philosophy, Technology and Society)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786613239
• ISBN 13: 9781786613233
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

As the development of autonomous vehicles proceeds full-speed ahead, it is often said that this new, disruptive form of transportation will change everything. Such a claim has drawn both philosophical and public attention to what could be called ethical emergencies: imaginary situations ranging from life-or-death trolley-problem conundrums to large-scale cyber-attacks on mobility networks. This perspective puts other important, but less dramatic, ethical dilemmas connected with driverless vehicles at risk of being underexplored or simply ignored. The primary focus of the original essays collected together in this volume shifts to considering these issues, ones arising out of more everyday human-autonomous vehicle relations and encounters. Topics investigated range from how driverless vehicles ethically affect what it is to be a pedestrian to how they could inspire more opportunities for social justice, along with a consideration of the need for policy makers to look at the softer impacts of driverless cars. Overall, this volume contributes to defining a new area of exploration connected to the ethics of driverless vehicles, one that should appeal not only to philosophers of technology but to engineering designers, regulators, and urban planners as well.
Contributors: Jason Borenstein, Jeremy Carp, Shane Epting, Sven Ove Hansson, Joseph Herkert, Ike Kamphof, Robert Kirkman, Diane Michelfelder, Keith Miller, Sven Nyholm, Robert Rosenberger, Patrick Schmidt, Tsjalling Swierstra, and Galit Wellner

About the Author

Diane Michelfelder is Professor Emerita at Macalester College, Minnesota, USA.