The Affirmative Action Debate

ISBN-13: 9780415938662 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 256 str.

Steven M. Cahn

Opis

This updated collection provides a useful guide to contemporary debate on affirmative action, often attacked as positive discrimination. Useful for both students and general readers, it comprises nearly three decades of writing on the subject. It should be of interest to those in the fields of law, American history, politics and contemporary moral issues.

Spis treści

Introduction: Steven M. Cahn I. INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND DISCRIMINATION 1. Discrimination and Morally Relevant Characteristics: James W. Nickel 2. Inverse Discrimination: J. L. Cowan 3. Reparations to Wronged Groups: Michael D. Bayles 4. Reverse Discrimination and Contemporary Justice: Paul W. Taylor 5. Reverse Discrimination: William A. Nunn III 6. Should Reparations Be to Individuals or to Groups?: James W. Nickel 7. Reparations to Individuals or Groups?: Alan H. Goldman 8. What's Wrong with Discrimination?: Paul Woodruff II. JUSTICE AND COMPENSATION 9. Preferential Hiring: Judith Jarvis Thomson 10. Preferential Hiring: A Reply to Judith Jarvis Thomson: Robert Simon 11. Justifying Reverse Discrimination in Employment: George Sher 12. Preferential Hiring and Compensation: Robert K. Fullinwider 13. Compensatory Justice: The Question of Costs: Robert Amdur III. THE BAKKE CASE 14. Who Are Equals?: Carl Cohen 15. Bakke's Case: Are Quotas Unfair?: Ronald Dworkin 16. What Did Bakke Really Decide?: Ronald Dworkin 17. Equality, Diversity, and Good Faith: Carl Cohen IV. DIVERSITY 18. In Defense of Affirmative Action: Barbara R. Bergmann 19. The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity: Anita L. Allen 20. Proportional Representation of Women and Minorities: Celia Wolf-Devine 21. The Meaning of Merit: William G. Bowen and Derek Bok 22. Does Your Merit Depend on Your Race?: A Rejoinder to Bowen and Bok: Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom 23. Diversity: George Sher V. PREFERENCE OR IMPARTIALITY? 24. In Favor of Affirmative Action: Tom L. Beauchamp 25. Reverse Discrimination: Sidney Hook About the Authors Bibliographical Note

O autorze

Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at CUNY, Graduate Center. He is most recently the author of Exploring Philosophy (2000).