A Capability Approach to AI Ethics
Journal:
arXiv
Published Date:
Jan 10, 2025
Abstract
We propose a conceptualization and implementation of AI ethics via the
capability approach. We aim to show that conceptualizing AI ethics through the
capability approach has two main advantages for AI ethics as a discipline.
First, it helps clarify the ethical dimension of AI tools. Second, it provides
guidance to implementing ethical considerations within the design of AI tools.
We illustrate these advantages in the context of AI tools in medicine, by
showing how ethics-based auditing of AI tools in medicine can greatly benefit
from our capability-based approach.
