MN501: Driverless Car Technology - Ethical and Social Analysis

This essay delves into the ethical and social issues surrounding driverless car technology. It examines the social impact, including job displacement and changes in business models, as well as ethical concerns like algorithmic bias, decision-making in emergencies, security vulnerabilities, and privacy violations. The paper also discusses professional codes of ethics, analyzing how utilitarian and deontological approaches apply to autonomous vehicles. Furthermore, it proposes ethical solutions to ensure societal benefits, such as supporting legislation, incorporating ethics into design processes, and providing ethics training for engineers. This analysis highlights the complex challenges and responsibilities associated with the development and deployment of driverless cars.

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Case Study
Driverless Car echnologyT
Ethical and Social issues related to Driverless Car Technology
he social issue that is faced by introduction of driverless cars is that people are losingT
their jobs ith the automation driving there are traditional machines ta i or truck drivers or. W , , x ,
insurance agents are going jobless here are also social issues that that includes change in[8]. T
business models and with the related markets he car insurance or the car manufactures are. T
also facing difficulty with the introduction of driverless cars.
here are many ethical issues that comes with the use of driverless cars on road heT . T
work that is easy for human might be sometimes difficult for machines to do asks such as. T
recognizing face or may be riding a bicycle is very easy for human as humans are good at
perception or doing any mechanical tasks ut it becomes very difficult to implement these[3]. B
skills in machines his is an ethical issue that comes from driverless cars Driverless cars are not. T .
capable of recognizing face or is good at perspective while driving Another ethical issue that can.
arise is making the algorithm a policy he cars designed by engineers today will basically. T
determine how all the cars will drive in future So a little change in driving behavior will male big. ,
difference he driverless cars cannot make wide range decisions related to mobility and safety. T .
Ethical and Social Issues pertaining in the system
he social issue that is pertaining in launching a driverless car is making prompt decisionT
when needed ith the drivers driving a cars there is no risks as driver can take decision based. W ,
on the situation he faces ut for auto driven cars the programs are already installed which are. B , ,
not capable of taking decision upon the changing environment or e ample if a child[8]. F x ,
suddenly jumps on the path of the car the driverless car are not capable of solving them, .
here are ethical issues like security issues or privacy issues that pertain in launchingT
driverless car on road A system is said to be secured is the system is not connected to the.
network f new software are not deployed on car it is considered to be unethical as the system. I ,
is connected to network All new update of the software will fi the problems related human lives. x

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here should also be a connection with the other systems understand the reality of the[5]. T
situation which can enhance safety scenarios f there is a pedestrian on the side of a building. I ,
without the connectivity it is not possible for the automated car to detect the pedestrian that
might affect the car his might cause a security ethical issue here are also privacy issues that is. T . T
involved in data protection hen a human is detected in front of the car by the sensor. W ,
recording of the visual information is saved without the permission of the individual his leads. T
to privacy ethical issue of the system.
Professional Code of Ethics developed by different industries
eople considers the driverless cars as utilitarian approach because the car providesP
benefit to most of the people ut there are many negative approach that the car provides he. B . T
car minimizes the risk of occupant increasing the risk of people he car also do not always[4]. T
provide defensive drive to its passengers he driverless cars can be considered as an egoist. T .
ith the utilitarian theory of ethics the car is e pected to brake slowly to not cause any crashW , x .
ith the deontological approach of ethics the duty of the car is focused primarily ith aW , . W
deontological theory it is not the duty of a deontological car for protecting the tailgater he, [7]. T
car manufactures who manufacture cars needs to decide if they want to reveal about how the
cars are programmed ethically or they can provide a choice to their customers for know the
details of the car his come under professional code of ethics he customer has the right to. T . T
know the every details of the car so that they can run swiftly he car manufactures should. T
e plain the setting of the autonomous car to the customers n professional code of ethics thex . I ,
manufactures should implement proper decision making process in the car so that at ti me of
emergency the car can take decision that is right to take, .
Ethical Behavior with Professional Codes
he ethical behavior related to professional code is that it is e pected to keep up theT x
legislation up to date with the current automated driving and the emergence of self driving cars- .
t is also seen that it is important to create as well as define the legislation frameworks globally forI
implementing interoperable as well as development of the automated vehicles he professional. T
codes of ethics also defines guidelines that are adopted by the society for developing self driving-

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cars he ne t professional ethics codes includes ethical guidelines implemented in the[2]. T x
development process and design process he law that is designed should not have errs of. T
harming others his might narrow the choices that are available for ethical programming that. T
includes ruling out program of crash optimization which steers intentionally towards another
person and thus minimizing the harm that might come as a result f above stated accidents[6]. I
occurs then it can be concluded that automated vehicles makes things worse by deliberately,
steering the car onto some other person and can lead a manufacturer to death .
Ethical Solutions for ensuring society benefits
he ethical solutions that can be suggested for ensuring society benefits might include theT
following:
 he cars can produce supporting as well as cT ollaborating legislators in the task they
perform for keeping up to date the current level of the automated driving- - [1].
 he legislative support and the contribution to the global frameworks mainly ensuresT
smooth enrollment for emerging technology.
 Should also include ethics in overall design of processes implementation as well as, ,
development of the automated cars.
 here must also be ethics training for the engineers who are involved in the systemT .
 stablishing and maintaining the socio technological system with the standards ofE -
functional standards.

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