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Moral judgements on human and autonomous drivers’ decisions in unavoidable collisions scenarios

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Moral and ethical issues are constantly arising in assessing the perception of autonomous vehicles and their “behaviour” in daily traffic situations. A debated question is how individuals perceive the choices taken by autonomous vehicles (AVs) in life-threatening scenarios. In an online experiment (N = 232) we tested whether the actions taken by an AV or a human driver in realistic road-accident scenarios are judged according to different standards. In addition, multiple factors were manipulated, such as the number of pedestrians crossing the road, the number of occupants inside the vehicle and the outcome of the choice.

Source: European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics

DOI: 10.1145/3673805.3673827

Authors: Augusto Bovesi, Alice Calabretto, Alice Stroppa, Gian Maria Adamo, Filippo Canepa, Stefano Guidi

Institution: University of Siena

Language: English

Topic: Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4403175751

FWCI: 0.798

Cites: 27

Cited by: 1

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