David Edmonds
Person on 4 sites
British philosopher and broadcaster, Distinguished Research Fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, author of Would You Kill the Fat Man? and…
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Trolley-problem dilemmas will be extremely rare for driverless cars. (opens korrents.com)
“The crucial point is to acknowledge that trolley dilemmas are going to be extremely rare.”
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The benefits of driverless cars will be immense despite significant costs. (opens korrents.com)
“The driverless car will exact significant costs (lorry and taxi drivers will lose their livelihoods), but the benefits will be immense.”
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People will be more tolerant of machines making utilitarian decisions than of humans doing so. (opens korrents.com)
“However, I think that when it comes to machines we will be more tolerant of their making utilitarian decisions.”
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Trolley-problem dilemmas will be extremely rare for driverless cars. (opens korrents.com)
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4 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Language, Truth and Logic (opens rcmnd.app)
“I read Language, Truth and Logic when I was 19.”
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The World of Yesterday (opens rcmnd.app)
“It’s a great book, but The World of Yesterday is regarded by many Zweigians as his masterpiece.”
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Practical Ethics (opens rcmnd.app)
“Practical Ethics came out in 1979, just before I began studying philosophy.”
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Language, Truth and Logic (opens rcmnd.app)