Present Case Client-Interest vs Third-Party Safety Algorithmic Pre-Commitment
S · State
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/165#Present_Case_Client-Interest_vs_Third-Party_Safety_Algorithmic_Pre-Commitment
Properties
Instance of
Client-Interestvs.Third-PartySafetyAlgorithmicPre-CommitmentState
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#Client-Interestvs.Third-PartySafetyAlgorithmicPre-CommitmentState
Active period
Throughout Engineer A's design and evaluation of the autonomous vehicle operating system
Affected parties
Autonomous vehicle company
Cyclists
Engineer A
General public
Pedestrians
Vehicle passengers
Confidence
0.87
Importance
high
Subject
Engineer A's obligation to recommend autonomous vehicle decision logic balancing passenger and third-party safety
Terminated by
Engineer A's complete technical recommendation after exploring all mitigation options and expressing all safety concerns
Triggering event
Engineer A required to recommend algorithmic decision rules permanently pre-committing autonomous vehicle harm allocation between passengers and third parties
Urgency level
high
Source Evidence
Source text
explore additional potential technical options that could mitigate the risks identified in the proposed autonomous vehicle operating system
Text references
The overriding ethical responsibility of a professional engineer is to hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public
engineers should strive to do no harm in the performance of their professional services
explore additional potential technical options that could mitigate the risks identified in the proposed autonomous vehicle operating system
TTL
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"engineers should strive to do no harm in the performance of their professional services",
"explore additional potential technical options that could mitigate the risks identified in the proposed autonomous vehicle operating system" ;
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Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
165
Discovered in pass
1
Discovered in section
discussion
First discovered
2026-02-27T23:24:36.099142+00:00
First case
165
Generated
2026-02-27T23:24:36.099142+00:00
Attributed to
Case 165 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-27T23:40:57.916171
Generated by
ProEthica Case 165 Extraction