Haklay, Mordechai;
(2022)
Is Convergent Realism an Appropriate Method for Evaluating Ethics?
Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
, 11
(10)
pp. 29-34.
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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 UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158448 |
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