How virtue signalling makes us better: moral preferences with respect to autonomous vehicle type choices

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Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60076658:12260/22:43906098 RIV/00216208:11310/22:10452294

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-022-01461-8" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00146-022-01461-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00146-022-01461-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00146-022-01461-8</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

How virtue signalling makes us better: moral preferences with respect to autonomous vehicle type choices

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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 unavoidable lethal collision. It does not appear to be possible to avoid questions about how these algorithms should be designed. We present the results of our study of moral preferences (N = 2769) with respect to three types of AVs: (1) selfish, which protects the lives of passenger(s) over any number of bystanders, (2) altruistic, which minimizes the number of casualties, even if this leads to death of passenger(s), and (3) conservative, which abstains from interfering in such situations. We differentiate between scenarios in which participants are to make their decisions privately or publicly, and for themselves or for their offspring. We aim to answer two research questions: (1) whether the public visibility of the choice of an AV type choice make this choice more altruistic and (2) which type of situation makes it more difficult to choose altruistically: when choosing for society as a whole, when choosing only for oneself, or when choosing only for one’s offspring. Our results show that respondents exhibit a preference for an altruistic strategy for AVs and that it is reinforced when signaled to others. The altruistic preference is strongest when applies to everybody else, weaker when it reflects a solely personal choice, and weakest when choosing for one’s own child. We conclude that a public choice is considerably more likely to pressure consumers into accepting a more socially beneficial solution.

Název v anglickém jazyce

How virtue signalling makes us better: moral preferences with respect to autonomous vehicle type choices

Popis výsledku anglicky

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 unavoidable lethal collision. It does not appear to be possible to avoid questions about how these algorithms should be designed. We present the results of our study of moral preferences (N = 2769) with respect to three types of AVs: (1) selfish, which protects the lives of passenger(s) over any number of bystanders, (2) altruistic, which minimizes the number of casualties, even if this leads to death of passenger(s), and (3) conservative, which abstains from interfering in such situations. We differentiate between scenarios in which participants are to make their decisions privately or publicly, and for themselves or for their offspring. We aim to answer two research questions: (1) whether the public visibility of the choice of an AV type choice make this choice more altruistic and (2) which type of situation makes it more difficult to choose altruistically: when choosing for society as a whole, when choosing only for oneself, or when choosing only for one’s offspring. Our results show that respondents exhibit a preference for an altruistic strategy for AVs and that it is reinforced when signaled to others. The altruistic preference is strongest when applies to everybody else, weaker when it reflects a solely personal choice, and weakest when choosing for one’s own child. We conclude that a public choice is considerably more likely to pressure consumers into accepting a more socially beneficial solution.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/TL01000467" target="_blank" >TL01000467: Etika provozu autonomních vozidel</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

AI and Society

ISSN

0951-5666

e-ISSN

1435-5655

Svazek periodika

37

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

květen

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

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Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85129821474