Coded Bias and the Ethics of Facial Recognition
The documentary Coded Bias taught us about facial recognition policies that have been implemented in various countries. These policies are controversial, largely due to the broad margin of error American facial recognition AIs experience when recognizing faces belonging to people of color. The coders creating these AI algorithms are predominantly white and male, so the… Continue reading Coded Bias and the Ethics of Facial Recognition
Coded Bias and the Ethics of Current Surveillance Practices Implemented in the United States
The information used to support this blog is cited at the end. Coded Bias is a Netflix Documentary about the use of facial recognition in everyday society. It goes into the ethics of using facial recognition on the world’s population, when the identity of coders creating the facial recognition algorithms are predominantly white and male.… Continue reading Coded Bias and the Ethics of Current Surveillance Practices Implemented in the United States
Eating Disorders: History of Binge-Eating Disorder and Teens
NEDA Hotline In 1959, psychiatrist Albert Stunkard wrote a paper describing binge eating disorder. At the time, binge eating disorder was not named – but Stunkard described it as an eating pattern that involved consuming an excessive amount of food at irregular times. He described this eating pattern as one that usually happened at night.… Continue reading Eating Disorders: History of Binge-Eating Disorder and Teens
Eating Disorders: History of OSFED and Teens
NEDA Hotline OSFED or Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder was first established in the 2013 release of the DSM-5. The DSM-5 stands for the 5th Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a manual that is released by the American Psychological Association. But, OSFED isn’t actually new. People who met the… Continue reading Eating Disorders: History of OSFED and Teens
Ethical Schools of Thought: Consequentialism
For our last ethical school of thought that will be covered in this mini-series, let’s talk about consequentialism. Consequentialism is a subset to normative ethics, which deals in the process of how people decide between right and wrong. It was created by 3 main philosophers: David Hume (1711-1776), Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832), and John Stuart Mill… Continue reading Ethical Schools of Thought: Consequentialism
Ethical Schools of Thought: Virtue Ethics
An article by Psychology Today outlines for us the basic principles of Virtue Ethics. For reference, Virtue Ethics belongs as a subset to the larger group commonly referred to as normative ethics. Normative ethics deals in distinguishing between what is right and what is wrong. Other ethical schools of thought within normative ethics include deontology… Continue reading Ethical Schools of Thought: Virtue Ethics
Ethical Schools of Thought: Principlism
Welcome back, to the latest edition of the Ethical Schools of Thought Mini Series! Today, we’re taking a look at Principlism. According to Principlism, to decide what’s right and wrong, we evaluate based on 3 factors: Autonomy: Allowing people to make their own decisions and respect their choices Ask: Is the person acting of their… Continue reading Ethical Schools of Thought: Principlism
Ethical Schools of Thought: Deontology and Kantian Ethics
I’m back! I hope you all enjoyed my previous post on utilitarianism, and I wanted to make the next ethical school of thought in my mini-series Deontology, otherwise known as Kantian Ethics. Let’s follow the last post’s structure, shall we? Deontology was created by Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher who lived 1724-1804. Deontology is a… Continue reading Ethical Schools of Thought: Deontology and Kantian Ethics
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