caa a22 4500 445359528 CHVBK 20180317142911.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10892-010-9099-2 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10892-010-9099-2 Thomsen Frej Department of Philosophy and Science Studies, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark aut The Art of the Unseen: Three challenges for Racial Profiling [Elektronische Daten] [Frej Thomsen] This article analyses the moral status of racial profiling from a consequentialist perspective and argues that, contrary to what proponents of racial profiling might assume, there is a prima facie case against racial profiling on consequentialist grounds. To do so it establishes general definitions of police practices and profiling, sketches out the costs and benefits involved in racial profiling in particular and presents three challenges. The foundation challenge suggests that the shifting of burdens onto marginalized minorities may, even when profiling itself is justified, serve to prolong unjustified police practices. The valuation challenge argues that although both costs and benefits are difficult to establish, the benefits of racial profiling are afflicted with greater uncertainty than the costs, and must be comparatively discounted. Finally, the application challenge argues that using racial profiling in practice will be complicated by both cognitive and psychological biases, which together reduce the effectiveness of profiling while still incurring its costs. Jointly, it is concluded, these challenges establish a prima facie case against racial profiling, so that the real challenge consists in helping officers practice the art of the police and not see that which it is useless that they should see. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2010 Consequentialism nationallicence Crime nationallicence Ethics nationallicence Police nationallicence Profiling nationallicence Race nationallicence The Journal of Ethics Springer Netherlands 15/1-2(2011-06-01), 89-117 1382-4554 15:1-2<89 2011 15 10892 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-010-9099-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10892-010-9099-2 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Thomsen Frej Department of Philosophy and Science Studies, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Ethics Springer Netherlands 15/1-2(2011-06-01), 89-117 1382-4554 15:1-2<89 2011 15 10892 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer