Cahn The Affirmative Action Debate

2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-317-82778-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
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

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

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).