As far as articles about technology go, this one is a bit old, but I think it's very thought-provoking. In a nutshell, it's discussing the ethical choices that a self-driving car would have to make in an emergency situation. Would it swerve to hit an elderly couple to avoid hitting a pregnant person? Would it allow the adult driving the car to be killed if it meant saving children crossing the street? What about jaywalkers? Criminals? A website took a survey of people's thoughts on the matter, and while it's kind of grim and uncomfortable, these are likely the kind of questions we'll have to face as we allow technology to make more of our decisions for us.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/10/24/self-driving-cars-will-have-decide-who-should-live-who-should-die-heres-who-humans-would-kill/
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