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Michael Kearns

Professor of Computer and Information Science

University of Pennsylvania

Co-author of 'The Ethical Algorithm' and research embedding fairness and privacy into algorithm design.

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The Ethical Algorithm: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design

THE ETHICAL ALGORITHM: The Science of Socially Aware Algorithm Design by Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 232 pages. Hardcover; $24.95. ISBN: 9780190948207. *Can an algorithm be ethical? That question appears to be similar to asking if a hammer can be ethical. Isn't the ethics solely related to how the hammer is used? Using it to build a house seems ethical; using it to harm another person would be immoral. *That line of thinking would be appropriate if the
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