Introduction Driverless Trucks News Article
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SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND MATHS,The jobs killer is coming: How driverless trucks could change AustraliaAssignment 3: Applying Ethical TheoryYour NameStudent NumberWord Count: 1250
The jobs killer is coming: How driverless trucks could change Australia1.IntroductionThis is a news article regarding the introduction of driverless trucks that were going to change Australia and have a negative effect on its community. This news article was released in the month of May, 2016. According this news article invention of this technology would devastate Australia. There will not be any jobs left for the people who used to drive the trucks. It will also affect the business of the motels, service stations, café and petrol stations that are present in the sides of the roads. The GDP of Australia is highly dependent on the transport sector. This essay discusses about this article from the perspective or point of the deontology, contract, utilitarianism and virtue theory. This essay also presents reasonable explanations behind the assessment of this case under the four classical theories of ethics.2.Utilitarianism TheoryAccording to the Utilitarianism Theory, a morally correct social policy or act of an individual would result in the generation of maximum happiness among the maximum number of people who are affected by the policy or act (Arntzenius, 2014). In this article it is seen that the introduction of driverless or automated trucks would lead to severe issues among the individuals. It will be responsible for the unemployment of the people who are hired as the drivers of the trucks. It will not affect the drivers of the trucks but it will also affect the people or businesses that are related to the trucks. The motels, cafes, petrol pump stations as well as the service stations will be affected in a negative way. It can be clearly seen that there will be a huge number people who will not be happy with this idea of automated vehicles. It is expected to rip off the community apart (Vaughn, 2015). It will cause chaos in the country. Apart from losing jobs there is another major issue regarding safety. Technology is something that cannot always be correct. There can be any fault in the system leading to huge loss. Ethical issues remain a question where suppose a group of people comes in front of the car and there is a tree in the side. According to Utilitarianism theory it should hit the car and kill its passengers. Your Name
The jobs killer is coming: How driverless trucks could change AustraliaUtilitarianism theory suggests that any act or policy is morally correct if it produces happiness among maximum number of people (Crimmins, 2017). It can be seen that the introduction of driverless trucks would produce dissatisfaction and despair among the people of the community.Hence it can be said that according to Utilitarianism theory this act of introducing automated truck is not a morally permissible act.3.Deontology TheoryDeontology Theory is a type of duty or obligation based ethical theory. This theory states that there is no connection between morality and happiness of the people (Playford, Roberts & Playford, 2015). This theory says that obligations and duties form the basis for morality. One who performs his duties properly is morally correct (Chen & Schonger, 2017). An automated truck would run on the basis of rules and procedures. It has programs installed in the system of the truck. The duties and obligations in this case is the safety of the passengers as well as the pedestrians and other vehicles on the road. The automated car can be programmed to move to the side when there are a number of pedestrian on the road. But think of a situation when there are people even on the sides of the road. This would cause ethical dilemma. Will following the rules lead to a morally correct decision or not. It will not be able to implement rules for every situation that can occur in the roadside. This theory says that human beings are the ends in themselves. They are not means to an end (Lazar, 2017). They have an intrinsic value. They are independent beings. Introducing automated trucks would not give importance to the values andneeds of human beings as they will be losing jobs. There will be problems due to technical defaults. It will be responsible for the unemployment of the people who are hired as the drivers of the trucks. It will not affect the drivers of the trucks but it will also affect the people or businesses that are related to the trucks. The motels, cafes, petrol pump stations as well as the service stations will be affected in a negative way. Semi automated cars will be still better but the purely automated cars can lead to unemployment of jobs as well as safety problems of the Your Name
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