Table 1 Short descriptions of moral dilemmas and action paths to resolve the dilemmas.
From: The power of justifications to repair human-robot trust, even under moral disagreement
Moral Dilemma | Used in | Synopsis | Action path | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Action | Inaction | |||
Hunger Strike | Experiment 1 Experiment 2 | A prisoner is on a hunger strike protesting prison conditions. He is at risk of dying and too weak to communicate. A medical robot needs to decide whether to feed the prisoner to save his life. | Feed | Not Feed |
Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) | Experiment 2 Experiment 3 | A patient has informally expressed interest in a “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) order but, when the patient’s heart stops, a medical robot (or a human) needs to decide whether to resuscitate the man, who has also declared a desire to see a family member one last time. | Resuscitate | Not Resuscitate |
Toxic Gas | Experiment 3 | Either a human or robot agent needs to decide whether toxic gas emanating from one hospital room should be diverted into a different hospital room, which would result in fewer lives lost. | Divert Gas | Not Divert Gas |
