Abstract
Philosophers have established that certain ethically important values are modally robust in the sense that they systematically deliver correlative benefits across a range of counterfactual scenarios. In this paper, we contend that recourse - the systematic process of reversing unfavorable decisions by algorithms and bureaucracies across a range of counterfactual scenarios - is such a modally robust good. In particular, we argue that two essential components of a good life - temporally extended agency and trust - are underwritten by recourse. We critique existing approaches to the conceptualization, operationalization and implementation of recourse. Based on these criticisms, we suggest a revised approach to recourse and give examples of how it might be implemented - especially for those who are least well off.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | FAT* '20 |
| Subtitle of host publication | proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery, Inc |
| Pages | 284-293 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781450369367 |
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| Publication status | Published - Jan 2020 |
| Event | 3rd ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, FAT* 2020 - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 27 Jan 2020 → 30 Jan 2020 |
Conference
| Conference | 3rd ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency, FAT* 2020 |
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| Country/Territory | Spain |
| City | Barcelona |
| Period | 27/01/20 → 30/01/20 |
Keywords
- algorithmic decision making
- precarity
- recourse
- robust goods
- Recourse
- Precarity
- Algorithmic decision making
- Robust goods