Category Social Justice

Protecting Youth Autonomy from Relational AI

Theodoros Zarkos recommends that efforts to protect children from the potential harms of AI should focus on design features that may diminish young people’s agency or foster emotional dependency, rather than treating every emotionally meaningful AI interaction as harmful.

Assessing the Realities of a Two-Tiered Canadian Healthcare System

Ililochi B. Ogbozor argues that a premium tier of healthcare can only be justified if public administration remains strong enough to stop payment from quietly becoming the price of access.

Trust Is Not a Communication Strategy: Why Transparency is an Ethical Obligation

Transparency is often treated as a tool for building public trust. Bryn Williams-Jones argues that it is first an ethical obligation to the public.

Protecting Youth Autonomy in an Age of Misinformation

Hunain Fatima Khan shows that a balance is needed between regulating misinformation online for the benefit of young people, and facilitating their autonomy

Centering Marginalized Voices Is Not Musical Chairs

Daphne Pereira points out that expanding the circle doesn’t mean shrinking or displacing anyone else.