Algorithms and Autonomy: The Ethics of Automated Decision Systems

ISBN-13: 9781108795395 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 250 str.

Alan Rubel; Clinton Castro; Adam Pham

Opis

This book examines how algorithms in criminal justice, education, housing, elections and beyond affect autonomy, freedom, and democracy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Recenzje

'… this book presents a useful resource in furthering ideas and insights in a complex field.' Izaak de Rijcke, Canadian Law Library Review

Spis treści

Part I. Some Cases, Some Ground Clearing: 1. Introduction; 2. Autonomy, Agency and Responsibility; Part II. Respecting Persons, What We Owe Them: 3. What Can Agents Reasonably Endorse?; 4. What We Informationally Owe Each Other; Part III. Ensuring the Conditions of Agency: 5. Freedom, Agency, and Information Technology; 6. Epistemic Paternalism and Social Media; Part IV. The Responsibilities of Agents: 7. Agency Laundering and Information Technologies; 8. Democratic Obligations and Technological Threats to Legitimacy; 9. Conclusions and Caveats.