Algorithms and Autonomy - The Ethics of Automated Decision Systems

List of contents

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.

About the author

Alan Rubel is an Associate Professor at the Information School and the Center for Law, Society & Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has been a visiting scholar at the 4TU Centre for Ethics & Technology and Delft University of Technology, and a senior advisor to the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.Clinton Castro is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Florida International University.Adam Pham is a Postdoctoral Instructor in Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, at the California Institute of Technology.

Summary

Algorithms influence every facet of modern life. However, delegating important decisions to machines gives rise to deep moral concerns about responsibility, transparency, fairness, and democracy. This book examines these concerns by connecting them to the human value of autonomy. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Product details

• Authors: Clinton Castro, Adam Pham, Alan Rubel, Alan (University of Wisconsin Rubel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9781108841818
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84181-8
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, COMPUTERS / Programming / Algorithms, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, SCIENCE / Ethics, algorithms and data structures, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Algorithms & data structures, Ethical & social aspects of IT, COMPUTERS / Social Aspects, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law