An Analysis Of The Ethical Issues To Driverless Cars

In the era of big data,the emergence of driverless car technology not only brings benefits to mankind,but also brings certain impacts and challenges to social ethics.The conflict between Russia and Ukraine,the arrival of the new crown pneumonia epidemic,the country is facing major changes unprecedented in a century.The report of the 20 th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized the need to accelerate the construction of a transportation power and digital China.Due to the reduction of artificial driving factors,driverless cars can greatly reduce the probability of traffic accidents,relieve traffic pressure and improve traffic efficiency,and have good development prospects.At the same time,it also brings ethical concerns to people,causing six ethical and moral problems,such as the problem of moral responsibility after an accident in driverless cars,the difficulty of moral decision-making during driving,the infringement of user privacy and users’ moral autonomy during use,the threat to the personal safety of human practice subjects,and the crisis of trust caused by frequent accidents.The reason is mainly that driverless cars are technical artifacts,and people have different accounts and controversies about them,which makes it difficult to attribute their moral responsibility.There are ethical conflicts caused by the limitations of driverless technology itself,the reality of ethical dilemmas and the asymmetry of moral evaluation standards;Imperfect ethical decision-making mechanisms for driverless cars;The good operation of driverless cars is inseparable from the collection of users’ private information;Driverless car technology is not perfect.In the face of the many potential ethical issues of driverless cars,the principles of human-centeredness,non-harm and precaution should be followed.Consumers should be fully aware of driverless cars,rational choices and responsible for them;Producers should clarify their ethical responsibilities,continuously improve life support systems and driving record systems,and improve the development level of driverless technology;Government agencies should improve safety testing standards,improve product quality regulations,improve relevant ethics and laws and regulations,establish safety regulatory agencies,establish responsibility sharing mechanisms,and strengthen unemployment insurance and reemployment training systems.The effective solution of the ethical issues of driverless cars is conducive to coping with the safety risks brought by the digitalization,networking and intelligence of transportation.Helping to improve China’s digital transportation level and help comprehensively realize transportation modernization is an important path for developing smart transportation and building a transportation power;Promoting high-quality economic development and enhancing China’s comprehensive national strength and international competitiveness are inherent requirements for building a modern socialist power in an all-round way.