Jim Brown

Assistant Professor of English, Director of Digital Studies Rutgers University-Camden

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Experiments in Ethics: The Ethical Programs of Self-Driving Cars

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Jim Brown Rutgers University-Camden

November 29, 2015
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Experiments in Ethics: The Ethical Programs of Self-Driving Cars In a recent study, “ Autonomous Vehicles Need Experimental Ethics: Are We Ready for Utilitarian Cars? ” Jean-Francois Bonnefon, Azim Shariff, and Iyad Rahwan surveyed people regarding thei ...

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Re: Experiments in Ethics: The Ethical Programs of Self-Driving Cars

ethical programs

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Jim Brown Rutgers University-Camden

Saturday, December 5, 2015 — 12:54 pm
Thanks for this excellent response, David. Here are some (disconnected?) thoughts: "there is a machinic quality to thought experiments" Yes, this is exactly what I'm thinking. There is also a machinic quality to any ethical decision, ev ...