Kershnar Justice for the Past

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8515-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in American Constitutionalism

Examines whether race-based programs and slavery reparations are justified.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kershnar, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
SECTION 1
Introduction
SECTION 2: Civil Rights Laws
1. The Most Qualified Applicant
Part 1. The Job Qualification
Part 2. The Best Conception of a Job Qualification Yields at Most a Very Weak Reason to Favor a Meritocracy
Part 3. Antidiscrimination Laws Cannot Be Justified by Meritocratic Concerns
Part 4. Qualifications for Educational Institutions
Part 5. Conclusion
SECTION 3: Strong Affirmative Action
2. Strong Affirmative-Action Programs at State Institutions
Part 1. Introduction
Part 2. The Duty to Judge Persons according to Their Interests and Desert
Part 3. Strong Affirmative-Action Programs at State Educational Institutions Cannot Be Justified via Compensatory Justice
Part 4. Conclusion 3. Uncertain Damages to Racial Minorities and Strong Affirmative Action
Part 1. The Hypothetical Imperative to Distribute Resources in a Just Manner
Part 2. Compensatory Justice and the Assessment of Damages
Part 3. Compensatory Justice and Inadequate Knowledge of Damages
Part 4. We Do Not Have Adequate Knowledge of the Amount of Compensable Injury to Current Members of Some Racial Minority Groups
Part 5. Conclusion
SECTION 4: Reparations for Slavery
4. The Inheritance-Based Claim to Reparations
Part 1. Introduction
Part 2. Slavery Did Not Harm the Descendants of Slaves
Part 3. Compensation May Be Owed to the Descendants of Slaves As a Result of a Legitimate Inheritance Claim
Part 4. Conclusion
5. Reject the Inheritance-Based Claim to Reparations
Part 1. Objections to the Inheritance-Based Claim to Reparations
Part 2. Who Owes Compensation?
Part 3. Conclusion
SECTION 5: Proper Respect
6. Intrinsic Moral Value and Racial Differences
Part 1. The Expression of Equal Moral Value
Part 2. The Argument
Part 3. Implications of the Argument
Part 4. Conclusion SECTION 6: Educational Diversity
7. Experiential Diversity
Part 1. Grutter and Bakke
Part 2. Experiential Diversity and Truth
Part 3. A More General Approach to Diversity
Part 4. Equal-Opportunity Arguments
Part 5. Conclusion
Notes Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Kershnar is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Fredonia and the author of Desert, Retribution, and Torture.