LEADER 04394nam 22006974a 450 001 9910821026603321 005 20240416151419.0 010 $a0-674-26707-9 010 $a0-674-04324-3 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674043244 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786883 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050878 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000228651 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12094651 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000228651 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10154984 035 $a(PQKB)11567763 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300474 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10318467 035 $a(OCoLC)923111889 035 $a(DE-B1597)574542 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674043244 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300474 035 $a(OCoLC)1294424403 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786883 100 $a20030318d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aProfiles, probabilities, and stereotypes /$fFrederick Schauer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, Mass. $cBelknap Press of Harvard University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (384 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: 2003. 311 $a0-674-01186-4 311 $a0-674-02118-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 301-353) and index. 327 $aPreface Introduction: Painting with a Broad Brush 1. In Training with the Greeks 2. Pit Bulls, Golden Retrievers, and Other Dangerous Dogs 3. A Ride on the Blue Bus 4. Eighty-Year-Old Pilots and Twelve-Year-Old Voters 5. The Women of the Virginia Military Institute 6. The Profilers 7. The Usual Suspects 8. Two Cheers for Procrustes 9. Ships with Altered Names 10. The Generality of Law 11. Generality, Community, and the Wars of the Roqueforts Coda: From the Justice of Generality to the Generality of Justice Notes Index 330 $aCan we justly generalize about members of a group on the basis of statistical tendencies of that group? Schauer argues that there is good profiling and bad profiling. If we can effectively determine which is which, we stand to gain, not lose, a measure of justice. 330 $bThis book employs a careful, rigorous, yet lively approach to the timely question of whether we can justly generalize about members of a group on the basis of statistical tendencies of that group. For instance, should a military academy exclude women because, on average, women are more sensitive to hazing than men? Should airlines force all pilots to retire at age sixty, even though most pilots at that age have excellent vision? Can all pit bulls be banned because of the aggressive characteristics of the breed? And, most controversially, should government and law enforcement use racial and ethnic profiling as a tool to fight crime and terrorism? Frederick Schauer strives to analyze and resolve these prickly questions. When the law "thinks like an actuary"--makes decisions about groups based on averages--the public benefit can be enormous. On the other hand, profiling and stereotyping may lead to injustice. And many stereotypes are self-fulfilling, while others are simply spurious. How, then, can we decide which stereotypes are accurate, which are distortions, which can be applied fairly, and which will result in unfair stigmatization? These decisions must rely not only on statistical and empirical accuracy, but also on morality. Even statistically sound generalizations may sometimes have to yield to the demands of justice. But broad judgments are not always or even usually immoral, and we should not always dismiss them because of an instinctive aversion to stereotypes. As Schauer argues, there is good profiling and bad profiling. If we can effectively determine which is which, we stand to gain, not lose, a measure of justice. 606 $aStereotypes (Social psychology) 606 $aDecision making 606 $aJudgment 606 $aForecasting 606 $aJustice 615 0$aStereotypes (Social psychology) 615 0$aDecision making. 615 0$aJudgment. 615 0$aForecasting. 615 0$aJustice. 676 $a303.3/85 700 $aSchauer$b Frederick F$0263007 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821026603321 996 $aProfiles, probabilities and stereotypes$943537 997 $aUNINA