Autonomous Vehicle Ethics Regulatory Standards Vacuum
Individual
146d410b
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Autonomous_Vehicle_Ethics_Regulatory_Standards_Vacuum
Properties
Parent
RegulatoryStandardsVacuumforNovelProductState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RegulatoryStandardsVacuumforNovelProductState
Activeperiod
Ongoing at time of Engineer A's assignment; persists until applicable standards are enacted
Affectedparties
Automobile manufacturer
Engineer A
Future vehicle passengers
General public
Risk assessment team
Third-party road users
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Stateclass
Regulatory Standards Vacuum for Novel Product State
Subject
Absence of applicable regulatory or industry standards governing autonomous vehicle harm-allocation decision logic
Terminatedby
Enactment of applicable national, governmental, or industry standards for autonomous vehicle ethical decision algorithms
Triggeringevent
Risk assessment team tasked with recommending harm-allocation logic in the absence of governing standards
Urgencylevel
high
Source Evidence
Source Text
Engineer A is a professional engineer working as a consultant to an automobile manufacturer that is considering the development of a driverless/autonomous vehicle operating system
Text References
Engineer A is a professional engineer working as a consultant to an automobile manufacturer that is considering the development of a driverless/autonomous vehicle operating system
members are being asked to make a recommendation relating to potential situations that could arise in connection with the operation of driverless/autonomous vehicles
TTL
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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
146d410b23ddc33e...Last Updated
2026-03-08 16:29
Extraction Provenance
Discovered in Case
165
Discovered in Pass
1
Discovered in Section
facts
First Discovered
2026-02-27T23:23:14.080776+00:00
First Case
165
Generated
2026-02-27T23:23:14.080776+00:00
Attributed To
Case 165 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:40:57.911173
Generated By
ProEthica Case 165 Extraction