Self Driving Cars and the Trolley Problem in Halacha

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November 18 2019
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Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

References: Bava Metzia: 20a  

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In this shiur, we discuss how we should program self-driving cars to react in the case of accidents. We address the trolley problem from a number of halachic vantage points and question whether we can equate the thought process of an individual to that of the entities responsible for programming self-driving cars.

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