Cahn The Affirmative Action Debate

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-317-82777-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Contributors: Steven M. Cahn, James W. Nickel, J. L. Cowan, Paul W. Taylor, Michael D. Bayles, William A. Nunn III, Alan H. Goldman, Paul Woodruff, Robert A. Shiver, Judith Jarvis Thomson, Robert Simon, George Sher, Robert Amdur, Robert K. Fullinwider, Bernard R. Boxhill, Lisa H. Newton, Anita L. Allen, Celia Wolf-Devine, Sidney Hook, Richaed Waaserstrom, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., John Kekes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cahn, Steven M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgments

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

Über Autor(innen)

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