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How should we understand “bias” as a thick concept in recruitment discrimination studies?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

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Päivi Seppälä*
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Practical Philosophy, University of Helsinki, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland. paivi.a.seppala@helsinki.fi; https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/päivi-seppälä
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Abstract

Cesario criticizes the experimental design of studies of bias by claiming that acting on stereotypes in the experimental situation might not be an “error” from a Bayesian perspective. However, social psychologists might have an ethical reason to label the observed decision-maker biases as “erroneous.” Decision-making can be considered as “biased” and “erroneous,” because it reflects illegal and morally condemnable discrimination.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e93
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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