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Self-driving Cars and the Apocalypse | Ryan Jenkins (with Stephen Kershnar)

Brain in a Vat

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The Impossibility of Penalizing a Drunk Driver

Some people think that there's actually nothing in principle wrong with driving drunk. But as a consequentialist, I find that view very, very implausible. So you might get lucky and drive home without injuring someone. But if you're driving your car in a state that makes it 10 times more likely,. you're going to injure a person or something like that, then I don't see anything wrongful about punishing you for that.

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