Morality on the road: the ADC model in low-stakes traffic vignettes
The study's implications are crucial for the ethical programming of AVs, suggesting that these systems should be designed to navigate not only high-stakes dilemmas but also the nuanced moral landscape of everyday driving. Our work creates a foundation for stakeholders to integrate human moral judgments into AV decision-making algorithms. Future research should build on these findings by including a more diverse range of participants and exploring the generalizability of the ADC model across different cultural contexts.
Authors
- Michael Pflanzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9938-8442)
- Veljko Dubljević (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3606-587X)
- Dario Cecchini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0943-5898)
- Sam Cacace
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte (US)
- North Carolina State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1508763
- Primary Topic
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- North Carolina State University