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Language, Truth and LogicTheir words
I read Language, Truth and Logic when I was 19.
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The World of YesterdayTheir words
It’s a great book, but The World of Yesterday is regarded by many Zweigians as his masterpiece.
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Practical EthicsTheir words
Practical Ethics came out in 1979, just before I began studying philosophy.
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Reasons and PersonsTheir words
Reasons and Persons was written in 1984, and Derek Parfit was one of my postgraduate supervisors.
14 November 2018
From one piece Cars without drivers still need a moral compass. But what kind? 6 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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A driverless car's minimise-loss-of-life rule should apply even when its own passengers' lives are at stake.Their words
More controversially, the “minimise loss of life” code should apply even when the lives at stake include those of the passengers inside the driverless car.
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A much more straightforward approach would be for the government to insist upon a general “minimise loss of life” rule.
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It would be farcical if passengers or manufacturers were free to choose their car’s morality for themselves
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People will be more tolerant of machines making utilitarian decisions than of humans doing so.Their words
However, I think that when it comes to machines we will be more tolerant of their making utilitarian decisions.
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The driverless car will exact significant costs (lorry and taxi drivers will lose their livelihoods), but the benefits will be immense.
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The crucial point is to acknowledge that trolley dilemmas are going to be extremely rare.
20 August 2017
From one piece Does the world need polymaths? 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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but they are repositories of scholarship rather than contributors to it.
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These days, any ambition to contribute to many disciplines is probably unrealistic.
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