Lily Hu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3846354 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lily Hu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lily |
| FAMILY NAME | Hu |
| SIGNATURE | HU L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yale University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7641-8436 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Race, Reasons, and Acting on the Basis of Race (As a Reason)
In this article, I set forth an inquiry into discrimination on the basis of race via two broad questions: What is a consideration of race a consideration of? And what is it for action to be on the basis of that consideration? Beginning with the matter of what constitutes race-based action brings out two conceptual hinges in analyses of racial discrimination, one in race and one in reason, that comprise what I call the race as a reason framework. …
Disparate Treatment and Discriminatory Harm
When do laws and policies that do not explicitly treat people differently on the basis of legally protected traits like race and sex nonetheless constitute disparate treatment on these bases? According to U.S. constitutional law, they do so when “facially neutral” laws are both enacted for impermissible reasons and also produce a discriminatory effect. To date, the first element of this claim – impermissible intention – has attracted significant …
Does calibration mean what they say it means; or, the reference class problem rises again
Making models up
Theories of causation within the causal modeling framework are among the most promising and well‐developed approaches to analyzing actual causation today. But since the advent of model‐based theories of causation, authors have struggled with the fact that virtually all such theories issue different causal conclusions when applied to different causal models (of the same case). In recent years, these concerns about model relativity have sharpened i…
What Is Perceived When Race Is Perceived and Why It Matters for Causal Inference and Discrimination Studies
Quantifying the causal effects of race is one of the more controversial and consequential endeavors to have emerged from the causal revolution in the social sciences. The predominant view within the causal inference literature defines the effect of race as the effect of race perception and commonly equates this effect with "disparate treatment" racial discrimination. If these concepts are indeed equivalent, the stakes of these studies are incredi…
Tech Ethics
In recent years, tens of product teams, research institutes, academic conferences, and college courses-the list goes on-have cropped up under the banner of tech ethics to grapple with the social and political impact of technology. For some, an orientation around ethics indicates a moment of humility in an industry characterized by hubris. Now even major tech corporations are seeking expertise outside of the technical sphere. In speaking tech ethi…
What Is Perceived When Race Is Perceived and Why It Matters for Causal Inference and Discrimination Studies
Quantifying the causal effects of race is one of the more controversial and consequential endeavors to have emerged from the causal revolution in the social sciences. The predominant view within the causal inference literature defines the effect of race as the effect of race perception and commonly equates this effect with "disparate treatment" racial discrimination. If these concepts are indeed equivalent, the stakes of these studies are incredi…
Tech Ethics
In recent years, tens of product teams, research institutes, academic conferences, and college courses-the list goes on-have cropped up under the banner of tech ethics to grapple with the social and political impact of technology. For some, an orientation around ethics indicates a moment of humility in an industry characterized by hubris. Now even major tech corporations are seeking expertise outside of the technical sphere. In speaking tech ethi…
Disparate Treatment and Discriminatory Harm
When do laws and policies that do not explicitly treat people differently on the basis of legally protected traits like race and sex nonetheless constitute disparate treatment on these bases? According to U.S. constitutional law, they do so when “facially neutral” laws are both enacted for impermissible reasons and also produce a discriminatory effect. To date, the first element of this claim – impermissible intention – has attracted significant …
Does calibration mean what they say it means; or, the reference class problem rises again
Making models up
Theories of causation within the causal modeling framework are among the most promising and well‐developed approaches to analyzing actual causation today. But since the advent of model‐based theories of causation, authors have struggled with the fact that virtually all such theories issue different causal conclusions when applied to different causal models (of the same case). In recent years, these concerns about model relativity have sharpened i…
What Is Perceived When Race Is Perceived and Why It Matters for Causal Inference and Discrimination Studies
Quantifying the causal effects of race is one of the more controversial and consequential endeavors to have emerged from the causal revolution in the social sciences. The predominant view within the causal inference literature defines the effect of race as the effect of race perception and commonly equates this effect with "disparate treatment" racial discrimination. If these concepts are indeed equivalent, the stakes of these studies are incredi…
Race, Reasons, and Acting on the Basis of Race (As a Reason)
In this article, I set forth an inquiry into discrimination on the basis of race via two broad questions: What is a consideration of race a consideration of? And what is it for action to be on the basis of that consideration? Beginning with the matter of what constitutes race-based action brings out two conceptual hinges in analyses of racial discrimination, one in race and one in reason, that comprise what I call the race as a reason framework. …
Philosophy (3 works) · Class (philosophy) (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Applied ethics (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Basis (linear algebra) (1 work) · Business ethics (1 work) · Calibration (1 work)