Some practical and ethical challenges raised by Big Data

Michael Fuller

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23944-6_10

Some practical and ethical challenges raised by Big Data

Michael Fuller

School of Divinity

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Abstract

‘Big Data’ is a term that has been coined to describe the very large datasets that may be accrued through the use of modern computers. The collection and analysis of this big data1, and its presentation to others, raise a number of important questions, notably ethical questions, which impinge on the lives of citizens. The Churches, not least through their engagement with scholarship in the area of science and religion, are uniquely placed both to raise these questions, and to engage with data scientists in addressing them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Embracing the Ivory Tower and Stained Glass Window
Subtitle of host publication	A Festschrift in Honor of Archbishop Anje Jackelén
Editors	Jennifer Baldwin
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	10
Pages	119-127
Number of pages	9
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319239446
ISBN (Print)	9783319239422, 9783319795591
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23944-6_10
Publication status	Published - 29 Dec 2015

Publication series

Name	Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT)
ISSN (Print)	2364-5717

Keywords

Big Data
data scientist
hermeneutics
ethics
interpretation
science and religion

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Fuller, M. (2015). Some practical and ethical challenges raised by Big Data. In J. Baldwin (Ed.), Embracing the Ivory Tower and Stained Glass Window: A Festschrift in Honor of Archbishop Anje Jackelén (1st ed., pp. 119-127). (Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT)). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23944-6_10

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