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I am interested in what would happen if we took this a step further. Judgments by judge or jury to be done 'blind'. Neither to see the person on trial. How ma
by jrace 6y ago
I am interested in what would happen if we took this a step further.
Judgments by judge or jury to be done 'blind'. Neither to see the person on trial.
How many people are not given proper justice becuase of how they look?
No matter what you will not be able to remove bias, whether it is being overly harsh because of the persons skin color, or overly easy because the person is attractive.
https://www.thelawproject.com.au/insights/attractiveness-bias-in-the-legal-system https://www.thelawproject.com.au/insights/attractiveness-bia...
>>in one study, the effects of physical attractiveness on judges were so influential, they fined unattractive criminals 304.88% higher than attractive criminals.
- xeromal 6y agoThat would be a fun experiment! Not even on racial bias, but heck, self identification or as you said, attractiveness. I wonder if you could hide away their voice too. Voices definitely are attractive or not to many peoples' ears.