Define your topic and conduct a literature review using keywords in academic database, but use google scholar as a start

Selection explanation (short) I selected "the ethics of autonomous vehicles (AVs)" because it is a clear, well-defined contemporary philosophical topic that is actively debated across moral philosophy, applied ethics, technology studies, and public policy. It connects abstract moral theories (utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics) with concrete design and regulatory choices, and it has a robust and accessible academic literature searchable via Google Scholar. Suggested search keywords (for Google Scholar and other academic databases) - "autonomous vehicles ethics" - "self-driving cars moral decision making" - "trolley problem autonomous vehicles" - "machine ethics vehicles" - "algorithmic fairness autonomous driving" - "responsibility liability self-driving cars" - "value-sensitive design autonomous vehicles" - "public attitudes autonomous vehicles ethics" Brief literature review (key works and themes) 1. Foundational and survey pieces - Bonnefon, A., Shariff, A., & Rahwan, I. (2016). "The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles." Science. — Empirical and conceptual analysis of public preferences for utilitarian collision algorithms and reluctance to buy vehicles that sacrifice occupants. (Highly cited; good starting point.) - Lin, P. (2016). "Why ethics matters for autonomous cars." In: Maurer et al., Autonomes Fahren. — Early, clear overview linking ethical theory to implementation issues. 2. Moral dilemmas and the "trolley problem" - Bonnefon et al. (2016) (above) and follow-ups discuss whether AVs should minimize casualties even at occupant expense. Literature critiques the practical relevance of stylized trolley scenarios and explores alternatives focusing on risk distribution, not rare dilemmas. See also: Nyholm, S., & Smids, J. (2016). "The ethics of accident‑algorithms for self‑driving cars: an applied trolley problem?" — Argues limited practical importance. 3. Responsibility, blame, and legal liability - Hevelke, A., & Nida-Rümelin, J. (2015). "Responsibility for crashes of autonomous vehicles: An ethical analysis." — Explores responsibility attribution among designers, manufacturers, users, and regulators. - Gurney, J. (2016). "Sue my car not me: products liability and accidents involving autonomous vehicles." — Legal perspective. 4. Value-sensitive design and embedded ethics - van den Hoven, J. (2007). "Value-sensitive design." — General method connected to AV design debates. - Cummings, M. L. (2017). "Integrating ethics in the design of autonomous systems." — Practical approaches to building ethical considerations into engineering. 5. Fairness, discrimination, and algorithmic bias - Articles on algorithmic bias applied to sensor datasets, pedestrian detection, and equitable deployment (e.g., differential performance across skin tones, urban vs. rural areas). Search terms above will surface recent empirical work. 6. Public attitudes and policy implications - Surveys and policy analyses (e.g., Bonnefon et al.; studies by Awad et al. on public moral preferences) and policy reports by OECD, EU, and national transport agencies on AV regulation. Ideas associated with this topic and other authors to consult - Moral theory application: examine utilitarian vs. deontological prescriptions for AV decision rules (authors: Peter Singer for utilitarian framing; Onora O'Neill or Frances Kamm for deontological/rights constraints relevant to sacrifice). - Experimental ethics and public opinion: Amanda Strawser, Iyad Rahwan, Azim Shariff, Edmond Awad (who have run large-scale moral-machine experiments). - Responsibility and law: Patrick Lin, John G. Kester, Jack Stilgoe (policy and governance), Ryan Calo (privacy and regulation). - Design and engineering ethics: Shannon Vallor (virtue ethics and technology), Batya Friedman (value-sensitive design), and Mark Coeckelbergh (technology and responsibility). - Social justice and distributional impact: Ruha Benjamin, Virginia Eubanks for broader tech-justice perspectives; look for work on mobility justice and transportation equity. Recommended starting searches on Google Scholar - "Bonnefon 2016 autonomous vehicles" — retrieves landmark paper and citations. - "moral machine dataset Awad 2018" — for large-scale public-data studies. - "responsibility autonomous vehicles Hevelke Nida-Rümelin 2015" - "value-sensitive design autonomous vehicles van den Hoven Friedman" References and resources to consult - Bonnefon, A., Shariff, A., & Rahwan, I. (2016). The social dilemma of autonomous vehicles. Science. - Hevelke, A., & Nida‑Rümelin, J. (2015). Responsibility for crashes of autonomous vehicles: An ethical analysis. Ethics and Information Technology. - Awad, E., et al. (2018). The Moral Machine experiment. Nature. - van den Hoven, J. (2007). Value sensitive design. In: The Encyclopedia of Information Ethics and Security. - Lin, P. (2016). Why ethics matters for autonomous cars. In: Maurer et al., Autonomes Fahren. If you want, I can: - Run a sample Google Scholar search and compile the top 10 most-cited recent papers on this topic. - Narrow the focus (e.g., legal liability, trolley problem critiques, or fairness in perception systems) and provide a short annotated bibliography. Which would you prefer?