Re:How to Fight Unconscious Bias and Become a Better Ally
by thanatropism on Monday June 08, 2015 @02:19PM
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Well, not in the stuff of policy, but yes in its feedback rules.
There's (1) symptom/diagnosis distinction (sure, treating the disease eventually cures the symptoms, but we're evaluating it against associated causality and prognosis concepts) and (2) a matter of ethical structure (i.e. deontology vs. consequentialism).
#1 is why they should be separated in theoretical terms. #2 is why they're distinct political programs.
There's (1) symptom/diagnosis distinction (sure, treating the disease eventually cures the symptoms, but we're evaluating it against associated causality and prognosis concepts) and (2) a matter of ethical structure (i.e. deontology vs. consequentialism).
#1 is why they should be separated in theoretical terms. #2 is why they're distinct political programs.