On the Possibility of Testimonial Justice. Issue 4 (1st October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stewart, Rush T.; Nielsen, Michael
• Is Part Of: Australasian journal of philosophy. Volume 98:Issue 4(2020)
• Page Start: 732
• Page End: 746
• Publication Date: 2020-10-01
• Subjects: calibration -- credibility -- epistemic injustice -- equalised odds -- fair algorithms; Philosophy -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; 105
• DOI: 10.1080/00048402.2019.1706183
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0004-8402

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recent impossibility theorems for fair risk assessment extend to the domain of epistemic justice. We translate the relevant model, demonstrating that the problems of fair risk assessment and just credibility assessment are structurally the same. We motivate the fairness criteria involved in the theorems as also being appropriate in the setting of testimonial justice. Any account of testimonial justice that implies the fairness/justice criteria must be abandoned, on pain of triviality.