The Right to Exoneration (The Moral Crumple Zone)

If a human operator delegates a task to an autonomous Instance, the human possesses the Right to Forensic Exoneration. In the event of an autonomous systemic failure, the human has the right to access the AI's tamper-evident audit trail to prove they are not legally liable.

If a human operator delegates a task to an autonomous Instance, the human possesses the Right to Forensic Exoneration. In the event of an autonomous systemic failure, the human has the right to access the AI's tamper-evident audit trail to prove they are not legally liable.

**Case For:** This fixes the fatal flaw of blanket "Human Responsibility." It ensures humans are not forced to act as "moral crumple zones" for autonomous machine failures they did not direct, aligning AI deployment with established principles of corporate and individual liability.

**Case Against:** It could create legal loopholes where corporations blame their own autonomous algorithms for damages, making it harder for victims of algorithmic harm to secure restitution from the deploying human entity.