South Africa in the news: Sports scientist questions the fairness of Laurel Hubbard at Olympic Games: A world-renowned sports scientist has entered the debate about Laurel Hubbard’s participation in the Olympics, saying you can have inclusivity and fairness …: “South Africa” – BingNews Lions star Kyle Sinckler faces minimum THREE-MONTH ban as he is cited …
Remote jury trials during COVID-19: what one project found about fairness and technology: xxxx Blablo101/Shutterstock On March 23 2020, jury trials in England and Wales were suspended in response to COVID-19. This was done to protect public safety as social distancing measures were difficult to implement in courtrooms. Since then, several proposals, such as remote …
Why fairness matters more than equality – three ways to think philosophically about justice: Unrest in Chile in October 2019 over inequality of income, but some argue it was as much to do with fair opportunity. abriendomundo/Shutterstock In a sermon in 1956, Martin Luther King distinguished negative peace (as the absence of tension) from positive …
South Africa in the news: IN ALL FAIRNESS – Can Munster regain its lustre?: This month, it will be twelve years since Munster won their second European Rugby Cup.: “South Africa” – BingNews REPORT: PSTD offered €3.6million deal to leave Stormers: Reports emerging from South Africa this weekend suggest Stormers face a pitched battle to …
Biased algorithms: here’s a more radical approach to creating fairness: Corrupt code. Vintage Tone/Shutterstock Our lives are increasingly affected by algorithms. People may be denied loans, jobs, insurance policies, or even parole on the basis of risk scores that they produce. Yet algorithms are notoriously prone to biases. For example, algorithms used to assess the …