Collective Reflective Equilibrium in Practice (CREP) and controversial novel technologies
In this paper, we investigate how data about public preferences may be used to inform policy around the use of controversial novel technologies, using public preferences about autonomous vehicles (AVs) as a case study. We first summarize the recent ‘Moral Machine’ study, which generated preference d...
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Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
Язык: | Английский |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2021
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Bioethics
Год: 2021, Том: 35, Выпуск: 7, Страницы: 652-663 |
Индексация IxTheo: | NCA Этика ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
Другие ключевые слова: | B
Policy
B Reflective Equilibrium B ethical decision procedures B veil of ignorance B Driverless cars B Artificial Intelligence B Utilitarianism B Предвзятость B Egalitarianism B Algorithm |
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Итог: | In this paper, we investigate how data about public preferences may be used to inform policy around the use of controversial novel technologies, using public preferences about autonomous vehicles (AVs) as a case study. We first summarize the recent ‘Moral Machine’ study, which generated preference data from millions of people regarding how they think AVs should respond to emergency situations. We argue that while such preferences cannot be used to directly inform policy, they should not be disregarded. We defend an approach that we call ‘Collective Reflective Equilibrium in Practice’ (CREP). In CREP, data on public attitudes function as an input into a deliberative process that looks for coherence between attitudes, behaviours and competing ethical principles. We argue that in cases of reasonable moral disagreement, data on public attitudes should play a much greater role in shaping policies than in areas of ethical consensus. We apply CREP to some of the global preferences about AVs uncovered by the Moral Machines study. We intend this discussion both as a substantive contribution to the debate about the programming of ethical AVs, and as an illustration of how CREP works. We argue that CREP provides a principled way of using some public preferences as an input for policy, while justifiably disregarding others. |
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ISSN: | 1467-8519 |
Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Bioethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12869 |