Competing Duties — Passenger Safety vs. Aggregate Harm Minimization
Individual
db8f3722
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Competing_Duties_—_Passenger_Safety_vs._Aggregate_Harm_Minimization
Properties
Parent
Activeperiod
From assignment to risk assessment team through submission of recommendation
Affectedparties
Automobile manufacturer
Cyclists
Engineer A
Motorcycle riders
Pedestrians
Vehicle passengers
Concept Category
State
Confidence
0.93
Importance
high
Stateclass
Competing Duties State
Subject
Engineer A's competing professional duties: duty as consultant to client (automobile manufacturer seeking passenger-protective system) vs. paramount duty to protect public health, safety, and welfare (including third-party road users)
Terminatedby
Recommendation submitted; Engineer A withdraws; or client adopts harm-minimizing standard
Triggeringevent
Engineer A asked to recommend between passenger-protective and harm-minimizing algorithms, creating direct tension between client service obligations and public welfare obligations
Urgencylevel
high
Source Evidence
Source Text
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
Text References
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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Metadata
Ontology
Type
Individual
Content Hash
db8f372223d9394e...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
2026-02-27T23:40:57.912973
Generated By
ProEthica Case 165 Extraction