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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2021

Alan Rubel ,
Clinton Castro  and
Adam Pham
Alan Rubel
Affiliation:
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clinton Castro
Affiliation:
Florida International University
Adam Pham
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology

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Algorithms and Autonomy
The Ethics of Automated Decision Systems
 , pp. v - vii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021
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Contents

  1. Acknowledgments

  2. PART ISome Cases, Some Ground Clearing

    1. 1Introduction

      1. 1.1Three Cases

      2. 1.2What Is an Algorithm?

      3. 1.3Algorithms, Ethics, and Autonomy

      4. 1.4Overview of the Book

      5. 1.5A Heuristic

    2. 2Autonomy, Agency, and Responsibility

      1. 2.1Autonomy Basics

      2. 2.2Some Distinctions

      3. 2.3The Key Split

      4. 2.4Reconciling Psychological and Personal Autonomy

      5. 2.5An Ecumenical View

      6. 2.6Objections

      7. 2.7Conclusion: Related Concepts and Moral Salience of Autonomy

  3. PART IIRespecting Persons, What We Owe Them

    1. 3What Can Agents Reasonably Endorse?

      1. 3.1IMPACT: Not an Acronym

      2. 3.2Autonomy, Kantian Respect, and Reasonable Endorsement

      3. 3.3Teachers, VAMs, and Reasonable Endorsement

      4. 3.4Applying the Reasonable Endorsement Test

      5. 3.5Why Not Fairness?

      6. 3.6Conclusion

    2. 4What We Informationally Owe Each Other

      1. 4.1The Misfortunes of Catherine Taylor and Carmen Arroyo

      2. 4.2Two Arguments for Informational Rights

      3. 4.3Relation to the GDPR

      4. 4.4Polestar Cases

      5. 4.5Conclusion

  4. PART IIIEnsuring the Conditions of Agency

    1. 5Freedom, Agency, and Information Technology

      1. 5.1Freedom as Undominated Self-government

      2. 5.2Three Challenges to Freedom: Affective, Deliberative, and Social

      3. 5.3Ecological Non-domination, Policy, and Polestar Cases

      4. 5.4Why Not Manipulation?

      5. 5.5Conclusion

    2. 6Epistemic Paternalism and Social Media

      1. 6.1Demoting Fake News

      2. 6.2Dismantling Echo Chambers

      3. 6.3Conclusion

  5. PART IVThe Responsibilities of Agents

    1. 7Agency Laundering and Information Technologies

      1. 7.1Agency and Responsibility

      2. 7.2Agency Laundering

      3. 7.3Facebook and Anti-Semitic Advertising

      4. 7.4Uber and Driver Management

      5. 7.5VAMs and Teacher Evaluation

      6. 7.6COMPAS and Criminal Sentencing

      7. 7.7Related Concepts and Concerns

      8. 7.8Conclusion

    2. 8Democratic Obligations and Technological Threats to Legitimacy

      1. 8.1Two New Technologies

      2. 8.2Political Legitimacy: Three Conceptions and a Hybrid View

      3. 8.3Legitimating Processes

      4. 8.4Technological Threats to Legitimacy

      5. 8.5Once More Past the Pole

      6. 8.6Conclusion

    3. 9Conclusions and Caveats

      1. 9.1Further Work

      2. 9.2Caveats: Baseline Issues

      3. 9.3Bigger Pictures

  6. References

  7. Index

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  • Alan Rubel, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Clinton Castro, Florida International University, Adam Pham, California Institute of Technology
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  • Alan Rubel, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Clinton Castro, Florida International University, Adam Pham, California Institute of Technology
  • Book: Algorithms and Autonomy
  • Online publication: 17 May 2021
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