Autonomous Vehicle Harm Allocation Design Assignment
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Autonomous_Vehicle_Harm_Allocation_Design_Assignment
Properties
Instance of
AutonomousSystemHarmAllocationDesignState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#AutonomousSystemHarmAllocationDesignState
Active period
From Engineer A's assignment to the risk assessment team through submission of the team's recommendation to the automobile manufacturer
Affected parties
Automobile manufacturer client
Cyclists
Engineer A
Future vehicle passengers
General public
Motorcycle riders
Pedestrians
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's assignment to evaluate and recommend harm-allocation decision logic for autonomous vehicle operating system
Terminated by
Formal submission of risk assessment team recommendation to automobile manufacturer client
Triggering event
Engineer A assigned to engineering risk assessment team tasked with recommending decision logic for unavoidable crash scenarios in driverless vehicles
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
Engineer A is assigned to an engineering risk assessment team whose members are being asked to make a recommendation relating to potential situations that could arise in connection with the operation of driverless/autonomous vehicles
Text references
Engineer A is assigned to an engineering risk assessment team whose members are being asked to make a recommendation relating to potential situations that could arise in connection with the operation of driverless/autonomous vehicles
does the vehicle's system choose the outcome that will likely result in the greatest potential for safety for the vehicle's passengers or does the vehicle's software system instead choose an option in which the least amount of potential harm is done to any of those involved in an accident
TTL
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case165:Autonomous_Vehicle_Harm_Allocation_Design_Assignment a proeth:AutonomousSystemHarmAllocationDesignState,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Autonomous Vehicle Harm Allocation Design Assignment" ;
proeth:activeperiod "From Engineer A's assignment to the risk assessment team through submission of the team's recommendation to the automobile manufacturer" ;
proeth:affectedparties "Automobile manufacturer client",
"Cyclists",
"Engineer A",
"Future vehicle passengers",
"General public",
"Motorcycle riders",
"Pedestrians" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "State" ;
proeth:confidence "0.93" ;
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 assigned to an engineering risk assessment team whose 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:stateclass "Autonomous System Harm Allocation Design State" ;
proeth:subject "Engineer A's assignment to evaluate and recommend harm-allocation decision logic for autonomous vehicle operating system" ;
proeth:terminatedby "Formal submission of risk assessment team recommendation to automobile manufacturer client" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is assigned to an engineering risk assessment team whose members are being asked to make a recommendation relating to potential situations that could arise in connection with the operation of driverless/autonomous vehicles",
"does the vehicle's system choose the outcome that will likely result in the greatest potential for safety for the vehicle's passengers or does the vehicle's software system instead choose an option in which the least amount of potential harm is done to any of those involved in an accident" ;
proeth:triggeringevent "Engineer A assigned to engineering risk assessment team tasked with recommending decision logic for unavoidable crash scenarios in driverless vehicles" ;
proeth:urgencylevel "high" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 165 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-27T23:40:57.910930"^^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
2026-02-27T23:40:57.910930
Generated by
ProEthica Case 165 Extraction