Stanford professors discuss ethics involving driverless cars

Self-driving technology presents vast ethical challenges and questions. Several professors and interdisciplinary groups at Stanford who are tackling this issue  offer their perspectives on the topic. The self-driving car revolution reached a momentous milestone with the U.S. Department of Transportation's release in September 2016 of its first handbook of rules on autonomous vehicles. Many members of the Stanford community are debating ethical issues that will arise when humans turn over the wheel to algorithms. (Image credit: AlealL / Getty Images) Discussions about how the world will change with driverless cars on the roads and how to make that future as ethical and responsible as possible are intensifying. Some of these conversations are taking place at Stanford. The topic of ethics and autonomous cars will be discussed during a free live taping of an episode of Philosophy Talk , a nationally syndicated radio show co-hosted by professors Ken Taylor and John Perry , on Wednesday, May 24, at the Cubberley Auditorium.