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Example: Suppose you equip a motorcar with a computer-controlled device (a breathanalyzer), which makes it impossible for you to drive when your blood alcohol level is above a certain level. And suppose there is an exceptional case. John has a heart attack, and the only person available to drive to the hospital, Mary, has drunk a little too much. The computer stops Mary from driving the car, and John dies.
My argument: This is an example of a computer making a decision. The computer decides that John is not allowed to drive the car, and in this particular case, the decision made by the computer might be ethically wrong. This is no easy issue, the best may still be to have such a computer device in the car. But the example illustrates the problem and the danger of programming computers to make decisions about right and wrong.