I’m working on a philosophy report and need a sample draft to help me learn.
Self-Driving Cars: How would you program the car to behave in the situation described? Draw on the concepts and theories we learned in class to make your case. You should look at each of your options and see what theories or considerations would justify or tell against each one. So you might have a paragraph on the option of swerving the car into the wall- and draw on ideas, concepts, theories to provide justification for that (what would justify that move?), then a paragraph on the option of just letting the car go straight ahead- and draw on ideas, concepts, theories to provide justification for that- For example: protect passengers/owners of the car in all cases or protect the most people possible (utilitarianism), etc. Then pick an option- and justify it. You might do this by saying why the other options aren’t acceptable.
Scenario: Draw on lectures and your own thoughts/knowledge to respond to the following scenario:
Jan Gogoll and Julian F. Müller’s tunnel case:
Imagine you are sitting in your autonomous car going at a steady pace entering a tunnel. In front of you is a school bus with children on board going at the same pace as you are. In the left lane there is a single car with two passengers overtaking you. For some reason the bus in front of you brakes and your car cannot brake to avoid crashing into the bus. There are three different strategies your car can follow: First, brake and crash into the bus, which will result in the loss of lives on the bus. Second, steer into the passing car on your left—pushing it into the wall, saving your life but killing the other car’s two passengers. Third, it can steer itself (and you) into the right hand sidewall of the tunnel, sacrificing you but sparing all other participants’ lives. (2017: 683)
Which action should the car be initially designed to choose?
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