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Is Utilitarianism The More Ethical Choice?

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The moral philosophy for crash decisions that seems the most ethical to me would be utilitarianism. The goal of utilitarianism is to “make decisions that result in the greatest total utility, or the greatest benefit for all those affected by a decision” (Ferrell, Fraedrich, & Ferrell, 2013). When considering autonomous vehicles (AVs), who makes the decision on what is the greatest benefit for all those affected? Is it the programmer, the government, or the drivers who will be affected by the decisions the most? There is little argument that AVs are the transportation of the future, and when considering whether utilitarianism is the more ethical choice, you must consider some facts. If there was an inevasible choice and one choice saved more

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