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Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?

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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian?

November 17, 2015 at 12:48 pm (This post was last modified: November 17, 2015 at 12:49 pm by Edwardo Piet.)

(November 17, 2015 at 12:45 pm)DespondentFishdeathMasochismo Wrote: If I buy a car I'd like it to not automatically kill me. Plus, if the car kills the pedestrian, that's the pedestrian's fault for getting in the way of the care, and I have no culpability.

To be honest I wouldn't just go ahead and buy a car that mows down people for me, stick my head out the window and yell "Not to blame people! Don't arrest me the car is killing you all by itself! I'm so glad I bought this car! I don't care about your deaths people! Not my fault!".

Buying something that automatically has any chance of killing people, would make you culpable to the extent that the killing them would be likely to happen IMHO. Maybe not legally, but morally.

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Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 8:18 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by abaris - November 16, 2015 at 8:23 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 8:30 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Anomalocaris - November 17, 2015 at 8:00 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Napoléon - November 16, 2015 at 8:25 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 8:37 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Napoléon - November 16, 2015 at 9:00 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 17, 2015 at 8:25 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Napoléon - November 18, 2015 at 11:47 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Minimalist - November 16, 2015 at 8:26 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Chad32 - November 16, 2015 at 8:54 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by brewer - November 16, 2015 at 10:52 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 10:59 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by ignoramus - November 16, 2015 at 11:17 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Homeless Nutter - November 16, 2015 at 11:22 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by abaris - November 16, 2015 at 11:27 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 16, 2015 at 11:38 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Homeless Nutter - November 17, 2015 at 12:37 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 17, 2015 at 12:54 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Jackalope - November 17, 2015 at 3:20 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 17, 2015 at 7:42 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Edwardo Piet - November 16, 2015 at 11:31 pm

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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Aroura - November 17, 2015 at 12:31 am

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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 17, 2015 at 8:48 pm

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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Alex K - November 17, 2015 at 7:33 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Reforged - November 17, 2015 at 8:53 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Alex K - November 17, 2015 at 8:55 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Anomalocaris - November 17, 2015 at 7:55 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by DespondentFishdeathMasochismo - November 17, 2015 at 12:45 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Edwardo Piet - November 17, 2015 at 12:48 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Longhorn - November 17, 2015 at 12:47 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by DespondentFishdeathMasochismo - November 17, 2015 at 12:53 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Edwardo Piet - November 17, 2015 at 1:08 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2015 at 12:55 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by IATIA - November 17, 2015 at 2:44 pm

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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Ben Davis - November 17, 2015 at 1:03 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by DespondentFishdeathMasochismo - November 17, 2015 at 1:24 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Edwardo Piet - November 17, 2015 at 10:43 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Minimalist - November 17, 2015 at 2:50 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by TheRealJoeFish - November 17, 2015 at 2:52 pm

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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Alex K - November 17, 2015 at 10:37 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by The Grand Nudger - November 17, 2015 at 7:49 pm

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RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Shining_Finger - November 17, 2015 at 8:45 pm

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by Longhorn - November 18, 2015 at 11:56 am

RE: Should driverless cars kill their own passengers to save a pedestrian? - by TheoneandonlytrueGod - November 27, 2015 at 10:33 pm

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