A starting point for discussion
The idea
The author defines legitimacy as whether a public decision process that can compel people has the right to make decisions that affect their lives.
Place in the reasoning
AI assessment · Connected to reasoning
Defines legitimacy in terms of whether coercive public decision processes may rightfully exercise authority over people.
Computer systems can shape what people do without taking over
Provides the legitimacy concept relevant to the concern that algorithmic organization may affect public decision processes.
What this means and why it matters
What this means
A public decision process needs legitimacy, or the right to make binding decisions, for its authority over people’s lives to be rightful.
Why it matters
The debate is not only about whether a process reaches good results. It is also about whether it has the right to make binding decisions.
Conditions & assumptions
Source coverage: Full readable text of the author manuscript from an accessible mirror; not the publisher typeset version. The author defines legitimacy, or the right to make binding decisions, in terms of whether public decision processes that can compel people have the right to exercise authority over them. Addresses: The author’s definition of legitimacy.
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How strong is this claim?
AI assessment · not a probability or a final resolution
The item puts the author’s stated definition in everyday language.
See the assessment in detail
The passage directly defines legitimacy, or the right to make binding decisions, in these terms.