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Responsibility and Blame: A Structural-Model Approach

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Chockler, H., Halpern, J. Y.·2004·Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

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Causality is typically treated an all-or-nothing concept; either A is a cause of B or it is not. We extend the definition of causality introduced by Halpern and Pearl [2004a] to take into account the degree of responsibility of A for B. For example, if someone wins an election 11-0, then each person who votes for him is less responsible for the victory than if he had won 6-5. We then define a notion of degree of blame, which takes into account an agent's epistemic state. Roughly speaking, the degree of blame of A for B is the expected degree of responsibility of A for B, taken over the epistemic state of an agent.

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Authors
Chockler, H., & Halpern, J. Y.
Affiliations
  • Northeastern University (US)
  • Cornell University (US)
Venue
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research
Published
2004-10-01
Volume
22
Pages
93-115
ISSN
1076-9757 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1636554345
Cited by
325
References
27
Citations by year
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2.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by
Locations
Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (0208535)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
  • Office of Naval Research (N00014-01-1-0795, N00014)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation
Keywords
responsibility, blame, causality, epistemic states, probabilistic causation, structural model

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