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Implicit Bias and Discrimination

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ID20141871
AuthorsKatharina Berndt Rasmussen (0000-0002-6805-4908, Institute for Futures Studies, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume86
Issue6
Pages727-748
Publication date2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTheoria (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/theo.12227
OpenAlexW3006360347
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited56

Recent social‐psychological research suggests that a considerable amount of, for example, racial and gendered discrimination may be connected to implicit biases : mental processes beyond our direct control or endorsement, that influence our behaviour toward members of socially salient groups. In this article I seek to improve our understanding of the phenomenon of implicit bias, including its moral status, by examining it through the lens of a theory of discrimination. In doing so, I also suggest ways to improve this theory of discrimination, by creating conceptual space for implicit bias discrimination. I explore two ways of distinguishing direct and indirect discrimination and spell out the resulting four different forms of discrimination. The resulting taxonomy provides some room for implicit bias discrimination. I also deal with four challenges to my proposal for capturing implicit bias within discrimination theory: the metaphysical challenge, the moral insignificance challenge, the causal connection challenge, and the challenge from irreducibly collective bias

Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Implicit bias · Metaphysics · Phenomenon · Political science · Salient · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year4,5
Citation span2024 - 2026 (3)
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