Irresponsibilities, inequalities and injustice for autonomous vehicles

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Irresponsibilities, inequalities and injustice for autonomous vehicles. / Liu, Hin-Yan.

In: Ethics and Information Technology, Vol. 19, No. 3, 2017, p. 193-207.

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Liu, H-Y 2017, 'Irresponsibilities, inequalities and injustice for autonomous vehicles', Ethics and Information Technology, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 193-207.

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Liu, H-Y. (2017). Irresponsibilities, inequalities and injustice for autonomous vehicles. Ethics and Information Technology, 19(3), 193-207.

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Liu H-Y. Irresponsibilities, inequalities and injustice for autonomous vehicles. Ethics and Information Technology. 2017;19(3):193-207.

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Liu, Hin-Yan. / Irresponsibilities, inequalities and injustice for autonomous vehicles. In: Ethics and Information Technology. 2017 ; Vol. 19, No. 3. pp. 193-207.

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