According to one definition, a moral agent is "a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong".
As the development of autonomous vehicles (AVs) lurches ahead, the automotive industry will soon be churning out millions of cars capable of doing away with the human driver (perhaps even the steering wheel) and achieving a safety record that surpasses any human's.
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