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Collective Reflective Equilibrium in Practice (CREP) and controversial novel technologies.
Julian Savulescu1,2,3,4, Christopher Gyngell3,4,5, Guy Kahane1,2
1Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Public preferences on autonomous vehicles (AVs) can inform policy through a
Area of Science:
- Ethics
- Technology Policy
- Artificial Intelligence
Background:
- Novel technologies like autonomous vehicles (AVs) present complex ethical challenges.
- Public opinion data, such as from the 'Moral Machine' study, offers insights into societal preferences for AV behavior in emergencies.
- Existing policy frameworks may not adequately incorporate public attitudes on emerging technologies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To propose a method for integrating public preferences into policy-making for controversial technologies.
- To introduce and illustrate the 'Collective Reflective Equilibrium in Practice' (CREP) approach.
- To examine the role of public attitudes in shaping policy for ethical autonomous vehicle programming.
Main Methods:
- Review of the 'Moral Machine' study data on public preferences for AV emergency responses.
- Development and defense of the 'Collective Reflective Equilibrium in Practice' (CREP) framework.
- Application of CREP to analyze public attitudes on AV ethics.
Main Results:
- Public preferences on AVs cannot directly dictate policy but should be considered.
- CREP provides a structured method for using public attitudes as input for policy decisions.
- In areas of moral disagreement, public attitudes should have a greater influence on policy than in areas of consensus.
Conclusions:
- CREP offers a principled way to incorporate and judiciously disregard public preferences in policy.
- The approach is applicable to programming ethical autonomous vehicles.
- This framework can guide policy for other controversial novel technologies.
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