A moral decision-making study of autonomous vehicles: Expertise predicts a preference for algorithms in dilemmas

A Zhu, S Yang, Y Chen, C Xing - Personality and Individual Differences, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Exploring moral algorithm preferences in autonomous vehicle dilemmas: an empirical study

T Sui - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This study delves into the ethical dimensions surrounding autonomous vehicles
(AVs), with a specific focus on decision-making algorithms. Termed the “Trolley problem,” an …

Commentary: The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles

R Martin, I Kusev, AJ Cooke, V Baranova… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
An autonomous vehicle (AV) car with 1 passenger (eg, the car owner) inside is traveling
within the speed limit down the road. However, unexpectedly, 10 pedestrians have …

Human decision-making biases in the moral dilemmas of autonomous vehicles

DA Frank, P Chrysochou, P Mitkidis, D Ariely - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The development of artificial intelligence has led researchers to study the ethical principles
that should guide machine behavior. The challenge in building machine morality based on …

Moral machines: perception of moral judgment made by machines

E Awad - 2017 - dspace.mit.edu
While technological development of vehicular autonomy has been progressing rapidly, a
parallel discussion has emerged with regard to the moral implications of a future wherein …

A generalized framework for moral dilemmas involving autonomous vehicles: a commentary on gill

TP Novak - Journal of Consumer Research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
By using scenarios based on moral dilemmas, found that when consumers are riding in an
autonomous vehicle (AV), they are more willing to harm a pedestrian than when they …

Exploring the human factors in moral dilemmas of autonomous vehicles

MU Shah, U Rehman, F Iqbal, H Ilahi - Personal and Ubiquitous …, 2022 - Springer
Given the widespread popularity of autonomous vehicles (AVs), researchers have been
exploring the ethical implications of AVs. Researchers believe that empirical experiments …

How should autonomous cars drive? A preference for defaults in moral judgments under risk and uncertainty

B Meder, N Fleischhut, NC Krumnau… - Risk …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) promise to make traffic safer, but their societal integration poses
ethical challenges. What behavior of AVs is morally acceptable in critical traffic situations …

Blame it on the self-driving car: how autonomous vehicles can alter consumer morality

T Gill - Journal of Consumer Research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are expected to soon replace human drivers and promise
substantial benefits to society. Yet, consumers remain skeptical about handing over control …

Risk of injury in moral dilemmas with autonomous vehicles

CM De Melo, S Marsella, J Gratch - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021 - frontiersin.org
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 …