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Affirmative action and racial preference : a debate /
Cohen and Sterba, two contemporary philosophers in sharp opposition, debate the value of affirmative action and racial preference. They defend thier views with analysis and commentay on landmark cases - including the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the University of Michigan admissi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Point/counterpoint series (Oxford, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface One
- Preface Two
- Cases
- SECTION ONE: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS WRONG AND BAD
- Prologue: Wrongness and Badness
- PART I: EQUALITY AND RACE PREFERENCE
- 1 Equality as a Moral Ideal
- 2 Affirmative Action
- 3 Race Preference: The Transformation of Affirmative Action
- PART II: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS WRONG
- 4 Race Preference Is Morally Wrong
- 5 Race Preference Is Against the Law
- 6 Race Preference Violates the Constitution
- PART III: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS BAD
- 7 Race Preference Is Bad for the Minorities Preferred.
- 8 Race Preference Is Bad for the Universities that Give Preference
- 9 Race Preference Is Bad for Society as a Whole
- Epilogue: The Future of Race Preference
- SECTION TWO: DEFENDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DEFENDING PREFERENCES
- 1 A Legal History of Affirmative Action in the United States
- 2 A Definition of Affirmative Action
- 3 A Defense of Outreach Affirmative Action
- 4 A Defense of Remedial Affirmative Action
- 5 Remedial Affirmative Action and the U.S. Supreme Court
- 6 Racial Discrimination v. Sexual Discrimination
- 7 A Better Standard of Proof for Remedial Affirmative Action.
- 8 A Defense of Diversity Affirmative Action
- 9 Objections to Affirmative Action
- 10 Affirmative Action outside the United States
- Conclusion
- SECTION THREE: REPLY TO JAMES P. STERBA
- SECTION FOUR: REPLY TO CARL COHEN
- SECTION FIVE: COMMENTS ON THE SUPREME COURT DECISION
- Bibliography
- Index
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