Abstract
Mobility is an essential component of life in any society, so a transformation of mobility will affect the foundations of any society, and it is hard to imagine a more profound transformation of mobility than autonomous driving. This is why understanding attitudes towards the benefits and shortcomings of autonomous vehicles means being able to address societal welfare and individual well-being more successfully. In this chapter I argue that digital technologies have made it possible to detach the journey from the trip. It seems that, in the near future, we may be increasingly able to enjoy trips rather than journeys, with more freedom to choose to travel because we want to rather than because we need to.
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For an epistemological analysis of telepresence, see Floridi (2005).
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Floridi, L. (2021). Autonomous Vehicles: From Whether and When to Where and How. In: Floridi, L. (eds) Ethics, Governance, and Policies in Artificial Intelligence. Philosophical Studies Series, vol 144. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81907-1_19
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