It is ethically debatable whether autonomous systems should be programmed to actively
impose harm on some to avoid greater harm for others. Surveys on ethical dilemmas in self …

As autonomous machines, such as automated vehicles (AVs) and robots, become pervasive
in society, they will inevitably face moral dilemmas where they must make decisions that risk …

One of the moral questions concerning autonomous vehicles (henceforth AVs) is the choice
between types that differ in their built-in algorithms for dealing with rare situations of …

Studies have provided rich data on global preferences for how autonomous vehicles should
act in collisions. We describe a framework for incorporating such preferences in policy …

Advances and improvements in computing power and processing have led to a clear
upward progression in the degree to which autonomous vehicles can operate freely without …

In recent years, researchers have emphasized the relevance of data about commonsense
moral judgments for ethical decision-making, notably in the context of debates about …

Research has identified some individual and situational factors that relate to the public's
preference for autonomous vehicles (AVs) in moral dilemmas. The present study shows that …

Dilemma situations involving the choice of which human life to save in the case of
unavoidable accidents are expected to arise only rarely in the context of autonomous …

A recent large-scale survey,“The Moral Machine experiment”(2018) aggregated 39.61
million decisions across 233 countries and territories reflecting people's preferences as to …

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 …