Discussion:
Educational Objectives
• Research Paper
• The ethics of work
Topic: The Ethics of Driverless Cars
The Detroit News on 11/26/2017 ran an article on the ethics of driverless cars
• Research the topic
• Winners and losers (who benefits)
• Impact on jobs
• Impact on US
• Impact on ancillary jobs (road repair, gas station
If an accident is inevitable
• Do you hit the car on the left or the car on the right?
• Do you drive off a cliff to avoid the accident?
• Run over Elon Musk or a crack dealer?
• Run over three seniors or one baby?
The Mechanics (pun not intended)
• 6-7 pages of original writing not including reference list, charts, figures, or title
• 10 cited sources in APA format
• 1 inch margins
• 12 point font
• Due in two weeks
This is not a paper about the tech behind a driverless car
• It is how we handle the tech
• It is how we will program the tech
• It is how we will legislate the tech
• It is how we "feel" about the tech
• It is how adopt the tech