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This reminds me of one of my favorite philosophy papers: Vehicles and Crashes: Why is this Moral Issue Overlooked? by Douglas Husak https://www.jstor.org/stab
by yboris 7y ago
This reminds me of one of my favorite philosophy papers:
Vehicles and Crashes: Why is this Moral Issue Overlooked? by Douglas Husak
https://www.jstor.org/stable/23562447?seq=1 https://www.jstor.org/stable/23562447?seq=1
Rough summary: there is a high crash incompatibility between SUVs and other cars, imposing unreasonable levels of risks upon the smaller cars.
Simple example (not form the paper): a tank crashes into a car: everyone in the car dies. Had the tank been a regular car, no one would die.