Utilitarianism is an ethical and philosophical theory that states that the best action is the one that maximizes utility, which is usually defined as that which produces the greatest well-being of the greatest number of people, and in some cases, sentient animals. Jeremy Bentham, the founder of utilitarianism, described utility as the sum of all pleasure that results from an action, minus the suffering of anyone involved in the action. Utilitarianism is a version of consequentialism, which states that the consequences of any action are the only standard of right and wrong. Unlike other forms of consequentialism, such as egoism and altruism, utilitarianism considers the interests of all beings equally. John Stuart Mills was a protégé of Bentham and he was a young boy prodigy his goal was to make sense of intuitions while still defending Bentham. Mills idea of utilitarianism was just a more sophisticated form of hedonism and that there are two different kinds of pleasures (higher and lower). He also had an idea of less emphasis on calculation but still wants to maximize the utility of things. His purpose behind the higher and lower pleasures is to get the best quantity and quality out of those pleasures.
The thought experiment is familiar to ethicists, who have grappled with such dilemmas since British philosopher Philippa Foot in the 1960s presented a similar question about a runaway trolley . But it’s too unrealistic for some focused on how the vehicles act in ordinary situations. The moral dilemma that the car company faced in the end was to either make the car where it would swerve and save the lives of the five people and wreck into a pillar and destroy the car and kill the driver, or whether for the car to run over the five people and have to fight suits and save the car and the driver. Mills would choose to wreck the car to save the people and risk his own life for the greater good of the people. Which a normal person would more than likely choose to run over the people to save the car and them self. The reason why is because of the price of the car and the price you have set for your own life. There is a real risk that if we don’t understand those psychological barriers and address them through regulation and public outreach, we may undermine the entire enterprise. The company would more likely make the car swerve because any sane person behind the car’s computer would decide to save lives rather than take unnecessary lives and especially if it could be fixed with a simple wire change or power redirection.
Mills I believe would choose to swerve the car because of his distinguishing pleasure. Because a higher-pleasures are what competent judges would prefer and with someone who has experienced both they would make the better and more morally correct decision. Bentham in my opinion would choose to run the people over, not because he was not an evil man (weird but not evil) it was just in his moral beliefs, and it is nearly impossible to change the moral beliefs of someone and especially the moral beliefs of a man who based his entire life and career around a certain moral belief he has. Even though Bentham and Mills had the same mindset they had different standards for that mind set and different moral standards and with Mills being more logical he still defended Bentham and would go to war to protect his beliefs.
Driverless cars in my opinion should be programmed to detect an obstruction in the road and either swerve or brake, or even have an alarm that sounds to the driver and the pedestrians letting them now to move it or loose it. Driverless cars are an innovation that is way ahead of the technology and the common knowledge of each person.
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An idea that would be good is before getting a license you must learn about the driverless car and how to detect blockades and other road obstructions in the road, because that is another way to keep the roads safe is giving people the knowledge of how the driverless car works and operates. Also, before a person buys a driverless car, they must demonstrate the ability to mainly drive the car if needed and to check on the computer in an emergency situation.
