The Virtuous Data Scientist and the Ethics of Good Science

In “Cultivating Moral Attention: A Virtue-oriented Approach to Responsible Data Science in Healthcare” (Ratti and Graves, 2021), Ratti and Graves observe that, just as people learn to be data scientists by acquiring skills, they should learn to be mortally good data scientists by acquiring virtues....

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Published in:Philosophy & technology 2022-06, Vol.35 (2), Article 46
Main Authors: Curzer, Howard J., Epstein, Anne C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability
Accuracy
Commentary
Data science
Datasets
Education
Electronic health records
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Knowledge
Management decisions
Morality
Philosophy
Philosophy of Technology
Prevention
Scientists
Technology and civilization
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Summary:In “Cultivating Moral Attention: A Virtue-oriented Approach to Responsible Data Science in Healthcare” (Ratti and Graves, 2021), Ratti and Graves observe that, just as people learn to be data scientists by acquiring skills, they should learn to be mortally good data scientists by acquiring virtues. Ratti and Graves focus on one aspect of virtues: moral awareness, the disposition to spot morally problematic features ofsituations. Ratti and Graves use the capability approach to identify the ethically relevant features of the decisions facing data scientists.
ISSN:2210-5433
2210-5441
DOI:10.1007/s13347-022-00541-3