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Is Convergent Realism an Appropriate Method for Evaluating Ethics?

Haklay, Mordechai; (2022) Is Convergent Realism an Appropriate Method for Evaluating Ethics? Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective , 11 (10) pp. 29-34. Green open access

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Abstract

This article serves an invited response to Chris Santos-Lang’s “The Method of Convergent Realism” (2022). I respond from a social constructionist position, mixed with critical realism, that challenges some of the premises of Santos-Lang’s paper. I question if the use of convergent realism is appropriate for the example that is at the centre of the paper—the development of procedures and practices of an independent, community-led ethics review board. I also question the utility and risks that are associated with another central suggestion in the paper—the use of automated machine-learning and natural language processing system to support ethical screening and review.

Type: Article
Title: Is Convergent Realism an Appropriate Method for Evaluating Ethics?
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://social-epistemology.com/2022/10/19/is-conv...
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: citizen science, ethics
UCL classification: UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
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URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158448
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