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Running head: IT ETHICSIT Ethics: The jobs killer is coming: How driverless trucks could change AustraliaName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
1IT ETHICS The jobs killer is coming: How driverless trucks could change AustraliaIntroductionThe purpose of this essay is to analyse on basis of different ethical theories. The chosenarticle gives a scenario of using robot truck drivers that can possibly make almost all the truckdrivers in Australia Jobless. The concept of driverless vehicle is although very new, manycountries across the world are planning to implement this technology for making their businessmore efficient. The use of driverless trucks can reduce the transport cost of goods to a hugemargin. In Australia, majority of the produced goods are needed to be transported to theconsumers and therefore use of driverless trucks in this case is expected to claim the jobs ofmany. Not only the jobs of the drivers which are at stake with the use of the driverless trucks butalso the business of individuals that are connected with the truck drivers and the trucks will be atstake as well (NewsComAu, 2018). Since the robot truck driver will not need any food or sleep,the road side restaurants, cafe and service station will run out of business as well. Therefore itbecomes very essential to evaluate whether the use of such vehicles ethical or not. The situationwill be analysed on basis of four classical theories of ethics which are Utilitarian theory,Deontological theory, Virtue theory and contract (Shapiro, Stefkovich & Gutierrez, 2014). The Situation
2IT ETHICS The chosen case study is based on a situation where the jobs of majority of the truckdrivers are at stake with the use driverless trucks. The use of driverless trucks therefore couldactually devastate Australia. A close research on the transport sector of Australia proves that thealmost all goods that are produced are needed to be transported to the final customers. Thereforea larger number of truck drivers are involved with this business. Therefore it becomes veryessential to evaluate whether the use of such driverless trucks in Australia is ethical or not. Thequestion involves the safety of the people as well. There is no guarantee on the fact that thedriverless trucks will not cause accidents. Since a machine will be controlling an entire truck,there are possibilities of machine failure leading to the accidents. Furthermore, since not only jobs of the truck drivers are at stake but also the businessesof the people that are directly linked with the truck drivers are at stake, it is essential to judge theethical implication of the current situation (Lefkowitz, 2017). The use of driverless trucks seemsto be unethical considering the case of job loss and possible accidents (Goodall, 2014). Thesituation is evaluated on basis of four classical theories, Utilitarian theory, Deontological theory,Virtue theory and contract theory, which are highlighted in the next section. The Four Classical Theories of Ethics The different theories of ethics help in judging the ethical and moral behaviour or resultof a situation (Broad, 2014). The theory of utilitarianism states that a situation or an act or anaction will be morally as well as ethically correct only if it is capable of generating a good resultfor a greater number of people (Mill, 2016). Therefore, according to this theory, an act will becorrect only if it gets positive review from a greater number of people. The theory of deontologystates that the correctness of a situation or an act will depend on the correctness of its actions and
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