The Legal Theory Bookworm recommends What’s Wrong with Stereotyping? by Erin Beeghly. Here is a description: ‘What’s Wrong with Stereotyping? offers a refreshing and accessibly written philosophical take on the ethics of stereotyping. Stereotyping is woven into every aspect of human experience: conversation, psychology, algorithmic systems, and culture. It relates to generalization and induction, core aspects of rationality. But when and why it is morally wrong to stereotype? This book tackles this deep and enduring puzzle. To solve it, Erin Beeghly delves into the relationship between stereotyping and another phenomenon, discrimination …’ (more)
[Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog, 16 August 2025]
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