Abstract
It is becoming common for decisions with serious consequences to be made by automation. Therefore, it is important for counselors to consider the challenges of working with clients who are affected. If a high-consequence decision that leads to tragedy is made by a computer, does this change the counseling process? This article starts this discussion by investigating forgiveness therapy as it applies to computers. First, forgiving a human is qualitatively different from forgiving a computer. Next, examples of automated decisions are presented. Finally, the authors discuss issues that clients wishing to forgive a computer face, suggest interventions, and propose a research agenda.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 144-158 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Counseling and Values |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2017 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2017 by the American Counseling Association. All rights reserved.
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- Social Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Religious studies
Keywords
- automation
- computers
- counseling
- forgiveness
- philosophy