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Data Ethics: Issues related to data biases and the application of traditional ethical theories on AI Ethics

Ethics & Bioethics
Volume 15 (2025): Issue 1-2 (June 2025)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2025-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2453-7829 | Journal ISSN: 1338-5615
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Language: English
Page range: 107 - 119
Published on: Jun 3, 2025
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Keywords:
ethics,
AI ethics,
data ethics,
big data,
machine learning,
biases
Related subjects:
Philosophy,
Ethics,
Applied ethics,
Bio ethics and ethics of medicine, ethics of science,
Business ethics,
Ethics of ecology,
Applied ethics, other

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