Procedural Fairness Through Decoupling Objectionable Data Generating Components
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| author | Tang, Zeyu Wang, Jialu Liu, Yang Spirtes, Peter Zhang, Kun |
| author_facet | Tang, Zeyu Wang, Jialu Liu, Yang Spirtes, Peter Zhang, Kun |
| contents | We reveal and address the frequently overlooked yet important issue of disguised procedural unfairness, namely, the potentially inadvertent alterations on the behavior of neutral (i.e., not problematic) aspects of data generating process, and/or the lack of procedural assurance of the greatest benefit of the least advantaged individuals. Inspired by John Rawls's advocacy for pure procedural justice, we view automated decision-making as a microcosm of social institutions, and consider how the data generating process itself can satisfy the requirements of procedural fairness. We propose a framework that decouples the objectionable data generating components from the neutral ones by utilizing reference points and the associated value instantiation rule. Our findings highlight the necessity of preventing disguised procedural unfairness, drawing attention not only to the objectionable data generating components that we aim to mitigate, but also more importantly, to the neutral components that we intend to keep unaffected. |
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| spellingShingle | Procedural Fairness Through Decoupling Objectionable Data Generating Components Tang, Zeyu Wang, Jialu Liu, Yang Spirtes, Peter Zhang, Kun Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning We reveal and address the frequently overlooked yet important issue of disguised procedural unfairness, namely, the potentially inadvertent alterations on the behavior of neutral (i.e., not problematic) aspects of data generating process, and/or the lack of procedural assurance of the greatest benefit of the least advantaged individuals. Inspired by John Rawls's advocacy for pure procedural justice, we view automated decision-making as a microcosm of social institutions, and consider how the data generating process itself can satisfy the requirements of procedural fairness. We propose a framework that decouples the objectionable data generating components from the neutral ones by utilizing reference points and the associated value instantiation rule. Our findings highlight the necessity of preventing disguised procedural unfairness, drawing attention not only to the objectionable data generating components that we aim to mitigate, but also more importantly, to the neutral components that we intend to keep unaffected. |
| title | Procedural Fairness Through Decoupling Objectionable Data Generating Components |
| topic | Computers and Society Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.14688 |