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#3089

Classic Debate Topic: Self-Driving cars are Unethical

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The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
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Better sources
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Better legibility
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Better conduct
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After 3 votes and with 19 points ahead, the winner is...

DeadFire27
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Number of rounds
3
Time for argument
One week
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One month
Point system
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Description

Self-Driving cars are unethical, on the basis that they have a utilitarian nature, which is not always ethical.

Ethical: relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these.

Utilitarianism: the doctrine that actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority.

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@Benjamin

Yeah I didn't read the debate, just giving my two cents. My argument isn't just against Utilitarianism, but all of consequentialism, which encompasses all forms of Utilitarianism.

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@Theweakeredge
@Undefeatable

What do you think?

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@Sum1hugme

There are different types of utilitarian ethics. The moral duty towards the maximized benefit of humanity is still a moral duty. Regardless, to use merely "relying on utilitarianism" as an argument for something being immoral does not make much sense. Especially in the case of self-driving cars, wherein no human action is responsible for the result, meaning normal morality can't apply. Only the utilitarian benefits/cons of self-driving cars are relevant to the debate. If self-driving cars make car accidents fewer, then it is of course moral to save lives by allowing self-driving cars.

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@Benjamin

Utilitarianism reasons incorrectly about morality. So any morally good action done for utilitarian reasons will be amoral at best, since the motivation was one of inclination rather acting from than duty to the moral law.

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@Sum1hugme

OTHER DEBATES: Utilitarianism vs Kantian ethics, which is preferable

Deadfire: Self-driving cars are unethical because they really on utilitarianism

He is basically saying that utilitarian ethics is unethical

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@RationalMadman

Look man, I didn't know they were bad. I came on here with the purpose to have fun.

I will do it fairly though, and make all my future "fun" debates unranked.

Hope that helps?

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@DeadFire27

I support the right to a self driving car on the grounds that it is free choice, it is easier for driving, and it prevents 27000 or 90% of American accidents per year.

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@DeadFire27

Yep

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@Lord_Helix

I think there was some miscommunication............

Looking forward to the kritik about utilitarianism, lmao