The ethics of traffic safety
Given the large numbers of people who are killed and severely injured in road traffic every year, traffic safety should be a major topic in ethical discussions. This lecture opens up discussions on some questions that are too seldom asked: Why do we accept risks on roads that we wouldn’t accept in most other places? Why are motor vehicles so constructed that they can be driven at illegal and highly dangerous speeds? Why are bicycle helmets not obligatory, just like seat belts? Is there a conflict between personal liberty and traffic safety?
About the speaker
Sven Ove Hansson, professor emeritus in philosophy at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, is the editor-in-chief of the philosophical journal Theoria, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and past president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology. He received the Distinguished Achievement Award of the Society for Risk Analysis in 2023. He is the author or editor of twenty books and the author of more than 400 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on moral and political philosophy, the philosophy of science and technology, logic, decision theory and the philosophy of risk. He has a long-standing interest in ethics of traffic safety, and he is one of the editors of the Vision Zero Handbook.
When and how
Friday, 28 February 2025
15:00-16:00 CET (time convertor)
Format: Zoom webinar/meeting
Attending the webinar is free, but registration in advance is required.
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