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What Pedro could do [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case.
Woodard, Christopher
core   +1 more source

Ethical and Social Aspects of Self-Driving Cars

open access: yes, 2018
As an envisaged future of transportation, self-driving cars are being discussed from various perspectives, including social, economical, engineering, computer science, design, and ethics.
Dodig-Crnkovic, Gordana   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Fostering Dialogue on AI Ethics and Biases Through an Issue‐Based Traveling Exhibition

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Discriminatory algorithms, unauthorized data use, and environmental costs show how artificial intelligence (AI) advancements are tied to larger sociopolitical issues. Through the design and pilot study of AI Dilemmas, an issue‐based traveling exhibition, this qualitative case study explores fostering dialogue on such complex scientific ...
Dagmar Mercedes Heeg, Lucy Avraamidou
wiley   +1 more source

Equal Chances or Fewer Victims? Moral Judgments in Autonomous Vehicle Dilemmas

open access: yesGames
We examine the moral dilemma of how autonomous vehicles (AVs) should be programmed to act in unavoidable crash scenarios involving trade-offs between saving one life and saving many.
Alexander Matros   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Searching for Bioethical Prescriptions in a Moral Lab

open access: yesEthics in Progress, 2017
The paper reviews the book written by F.M. Kamm, entitled Bioethical Prescriptions: To Create, End, Choose, and Improve Lives (published in Oxford: Oxford University Press in 2013, pp. 599).
Marta Soniewicka
doaj   +1 more source

Distribution of normal reactions between the axles of the truck's balancing trolley during braking [PDF]

open access: yesAvtomobilʹnyj Transport (Harʹkov), 2019
Problem. The distribution of normal reactions between the axles of a wheeled vehicle when braking is a very important parameter that determines the so-called curves of the realized tire traction.
Bogomolov Victor   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

‘A Perpetually Disintegrating Synthesis’: Sartre on Bad Faith, Good Faith, and the Projects of Selfhood

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Abstract An oft‐overlooked aspect of Sartre’s concept of selfhood is his rejection of good faith and sincerity as normative ideals. We argue that Sartre’s paradoxical treatment of good faith – claiming both that it is a manifestation of bad faith and the antithesis of it – holds a key to understanding Sartre’s account of selfhood.
Mark A. Wrathall, Wanda von Knobelsdorff
wiley   +1 more source

Improving Oral Care in Stroke Patients: Patients' and Carers' Experiences of Oral Care in a Hospital Environment Following Acute Stroke

open access: yesGerodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective This study aimed to explore the thoughts and feelings of stroke patients and their carers (family/guardians) about oral care during hospitalisation, and (in turn) inform future research and service development. Background Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability and associated physical and cognitive impairments can compromise ...
Hazel Dickinson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beware the Trolley Zealots

open access: yesSociologica, 2020
This essay draws on Mary Douglas' theory of institutional styles of thinking to analyze the debate about how and when the Coronavirus crisis can be brought to an end. The dominant approach, I show, frames the problem in utilitarian terms, akin to what is
Gil Eyal
doaj   +1 more source

Getting to the COR of Workarounds: A Resource Perspective on Deviating Usage of Critical Care Information Systems

open access: yesInformation Systems Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Workarounds in high‐hazard environments like intensive care units (ICUs) compromise safety and regulatory compliance. While prior research attributes these deviations to technology misfits and notes self‐reinforcing dynamics, the underlying mechanisms of aggravating workaround spirals remain understudied.
Pauline Kuss   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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