When is the driver in control and when technology? Christoph Lütge calls for clear regulations of responsibility. (Image: chombosan / istockphoto.com)
Research news - What and how will tomorrow's self-driving cars be allowed to decide for themselves' Tasked by the German government, an ethics commission has now drawn up guidelines to regulate these questions. Prof. Christoph Lütge, business ethicist at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and member of the commission, explains in which situations technology should not differentiate between children and adults, and why no one should be forced to give up control of their car. Germany's Federal Transport Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, is keen to stress that the commission's report is the world's first set of ethical guidelines for automated driving. A group of fourteen philosophers, lawyers, theologians, engineers and consumer protection advocates spent ten months discussing self-driving cars and also trying them out for themselves. Christoph Lütge , professor of business ethics at TUM, is one member of this commission. Professor Lütge, let's imagine a situation where a collision with a person is inevitable. However, the car could hit either a child or an older person.
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