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Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) raise important social and ethical concerns,especially about accountability, dignity, and justice. We focus on the specificconcerns arising from how AV technology will affect the lives and livelihoodsof professional and semi-professional drivers. Whereas previous studies of suchconcerns have focused on the opinions of experts, we seek to understand theseethical and societal challenges from the perspectives of the driversthemselves.  To this end, we adopted a qualitative research methodology based onsemi-structured interviews. This is an established social science methodologythat helps understand the core concerns of stakeholders in depth by avoidingthe biases of superficial methods such as surveys.  We find that whereas drivers agree with the experts that AVs willsignificantly impact transportation systems, they are apprehensive about theprospects for their livelihoods and dismiss the suggestions that driving jobsare unsatisfying and their profession does not merit protection.  By showing how drivers differ from the experts, our study has ramificationsbeyond AVs to AI and other advanced technologies. Our findings suggest thatqualitative research applied to the relevant, especially disempowered,stakeholders is essential to ensuring that new technologies are introducedethically.

Moral and Social Ramifications of Autonomous Vehicles