Ethics and Formal Theories of Decision

该项目的好处将包括改进在各种实际情况下作出合乎道德的决策的方法。其中更重要的应用是法律决定和保护管理。在这个项目中开发的理论还将有助于阐明在种族貌相等备受争议的领域提出的统计和伦理问题。该项目还将有助于提高澳大利亚在技术哲学和决策理论方面的声誉。

The benefits of this project will include improved methods for making ethically-informed decisions in various practical situations. Among the more important applications are legal decisions and conservation management. The theory developed in this project will also help shed light on both the statistical and ethical issues raised in much-debated areas such as racial profiling. The project will also serve to enhance Australia's reputation in technical philosophy and decision theory.