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Essays on sentencing disparities

2 essays

Nov 25, 2014SSC

Race and Justice: Much More Than You Wanted To Know

Scott examines evidence for racial bias in the US criminal justice system, finding some bias in certain areas but not others, and concluding that claims of pervasive racism are overstated.

33 min read 5,093 words

Jul 20, 2011LW

Tendencies in reflective equilibrium

Scott explores how people's moral intuitions often conflict and can be reconciled through reflective equilibrium, using the example of inconsistent punishment judgments for theft by people of different socioeconomic classes.

9 min read 1,298 words

cognitive bias consistency Eliezer Yudkowsky