Algorithms, Agency, and Respect for Persons.
Algorithmic systems and predictive analytics play an increasingly important role in various aspects of modern life. Scholarship on the moral ramifications of such systems is in its early stages, and much of it focuses on bias and harm. This paper argues that in understanding the moral salience of al...
| Published in: | Social Theory & Practice Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 547 - 573 |
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Florida State University
Jul2020
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