Autonomous Vehicle Ethics Regulatory Standards Vacuum
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Autonomous_Vehicle_Ethics_Regulatory_Standards_Vacuum
Properties
Instance of
RegulatoryStandardsVacuumforNovelProductState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#RegulatoryStandardsVacuumforNovelProductState
Active period
Ongoing at time of Engineer A's assignment; persists until applicable standards are enacted
Affected parties
Automobile manufacturer
Engineer A
Future vehicle passengers
General public
Risk assessment team
Third-party road users
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Subject
Absence of applicable regulatory or industry standards governing autonomous vehicle harm-allocation decision logic
Terminated by
Enactment of applicable national, governmental, or industry standards for autonomous vehicle ethical decision algorithms
Triggering event
Risk assessment team tasked with recommending harm-allocation logic in the absence of governing standards
Urgency level
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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case165:Autonomous_Vehicle_Ethics_Regulatory_Standards_Vacuum a proeth:RegulatoryStandardsVacuumforNovelProductState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Autonomous Vehicle Ethics Regulatory Standards Vacuum" ;
proeth:activeperiod "Ongoing at time of Engineer A's assignment; persists until applicable standards are enacted" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Automobile manufacturer",
"Engineer A",
"Future vehicle passengers",
"General public",
"Risk assessment team",
"Third-party road users" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.87" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "165" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "1" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:23:14.080776+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "165" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T23:23:14.080776+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:sourcetext "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" ;
proeth:stateclass "Regulatory Standards Vacuum for Novel Product State" ;
proeth:subject "Absence of applicable regulatory or industry standards governing autonomous vehicle harm-allocation decision logic" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Enactment of applicable national, governmental, or industry standards for autonomous vehicle ethical decision algorithms" ;
proeth:textreferences "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" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Risk assessment team tasked with recommending harm-allocation logic in the absence of governing standards" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 165 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:40:57.911173"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 165 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
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