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All you need is…. justification: algorithmic justifiability trumps transparency

Abstract:
Most ethical guidelines on AI tout algorithmic transparency, the openness of an algorithm’s inner workings to human scrutiny, as an important desideratum in algorithmic deployment. Algorithmic transparency has been touted as important for valuable goals like procedural fairness, AI trustworthiness, contestability and planning around AI decision-making. This paper argues that these goals are better served by a distinct desideratum, algorithmic justifiability, the ability of an algorithm to provide understanding about why the algorithm’s decision is correct.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1007/s10676-026-09892-3

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University of Oxford
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Funder identifier:
10.13039/501100001350
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SHAPES / MOH-000951
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https://ror.org/05tjjsh18
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NUS Start-up grant /NUHSRO/2022/078/Startup/13
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10.13039/501100001381
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AISG3-GV-2023-012


Publisher:
Springer
Journal:
Ethics and Information Technology More from this journal
Volume:
28
Issue:
2
Article number:
18
Publication date:
2026-03-23
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EISSN:
1572-8439
ISSN:
1388-1957


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3877702
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2026-03-23
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