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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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About this book
This Open-Access-book examines the phenomenon of discrimination using a descriptive approach. Discrimination is omnipresent, whether it is people who discriminate against other people or, more recently, also machines that discriminate against people. The first part of the analysis employs decision theory on discrimination, leading to two fundamental subtypes: taste-based discrimination and statistical discrimination. The second part links taste-based discrimination to social identity theory, demonstrates that not all taste-based discrimination is ultimately statistical discrimination, and reveals the evolutionary origins of our tastes. The third part surveys how people get their beliefs for statistical discrimination and thereby shows that they often deviate from Bayesianism: they have inherent prior beliefs and do not exclusively update their beliefs according to Bayes’ law. Additionally, the analysis of belief formation highlights the importance of the learning environment. Thelast part reassembles the previously dissected aspects of discrimination, presents a new descriptive model of discrimination, and lists five implications for a normative theory of discrimination.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Daniel Villiger is a research fellow at the Center for Ethics at the University of Zurich and a lecturer at the University of St. Gallen. He is currently involved in a project about transformative experiences.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Dissecting Discrimination
Book Subtitle: Identifying Its Various Faces and Their Sources
Authors: Daniel Villiger
Series Title: Entscheidungs- und Organisationstheorie
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-34569-3
Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-34568-6Published: 29 August 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-34569-3Published: 28 August 2021
Series ISSN: 2627-8405
Series E-ISSN: 2627-8413
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 234
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business Ethics