Saltelli, Andrea;
Andreoni, Antonio;
Drechsler, Wolfgang;
Ghosh, Jayati;
Kattel, Rainer;
Kvangraven, Ingrid H;
Rafols, Ismael;
... Xu, Ting; + view all
(2021)
Why ethics of quantification is needed now.
(Working Paper Series: IIPP WP
2021/05).
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose: London, UK.
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Abstract
Statistical and mathematical models, metrical objects, artificial intelligence applied to big data, all promise a better way to manage the present and the future. This proliferation of numbers, both visible and invisible, increasingly permeate the real, expanding in scope and sophistication. Not so society's capacity to adapt, manage and, when necessary, oppose, harmful or undesired effects. Alarms against the downsides of quantification are heard from several disciplines, from within the number generating communities, as well as from outside, from sociologists, philosophers, and jurists concerned with quantification. Finance, economics, education, aid, law, environment, no field is left untouched by digits, rating, scoring and number-based decisions. The existing different instances and voices of critique may be assisted by an ethics of quantification. As part of this, an observatory is proposed here to judge of the quality of quantifications, both existing and oncoming, by tackling, in a trans-disciplinary style, different problems settings via case-studies.
| Type: | Working / discussion paper |
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| Title: | Why ethics of quantification is needed now |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/publ... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Ethics of quantification, sociology of quantification, metrics, rating, algorithms, statistical modelling, mathematical modelling. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Inst for Innovation and Public Purpose |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10195974 |
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