Affirmative Action and Racial Preference A Debate,9780195148954

Affirmative Action and Racial Preference A Debate

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ISBN13: 9780195148954
ISBN10: 0195148959
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-09-11
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

Racial preferences are among the most contentious issues in our society, touching on fundamental questions of fairness and the proper role of racial categories in government action. Now two contemporary philosophers, in a lively debate, lay out the arguments on each side.

Author Biography

James P. Sterba is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.

Table of Contents

Preface One,
Carl Cohen
ix
Preface Two,
James P. Sterba
xi
Cases xiii
SECTION ONE: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS WRONG AND BAD
Carl Cohen
Prologue: Wrongness and Badness
3(4)
PART I: EQUALITY AND RACE PREFERENCE
1 Equality as a Moral Ideal
7(5)
2 Affirmative Action
12(3)
3 Race Preference: The Transformation of Affirmative Action
15(8)
PART II: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS WRONG
4 Race Preference Is Morally Wrong
23(23)
5 Race Preference Is Against the Law
46(26)
6 Race Preference Violates the Constitution
72(37)
PART III: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS BAD
7 Race Preference Is Bad for the Minorities Preferred
109(21)
8 Race Preference Is Bad for the Universities that Give Preference
130(34)
9 Race Preference Is Bad for Society as a Whole
164(17)
Epilogue: The Future of Race Preference
181(10)
SECTION TWO: DEFENDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DEFENDING PREFERENCES
James P. Sterba
1 A Legal History of Affirmative Action in the United States
191(8)
2 A Definition of Affirmative Action
199(5)
3 A Defense of Outreach Affirmative Action
204(2)
4 A Defense of Remedial Affirmative Action
206(7)
5 Remedial Affirmative Action and the U. S. Supreme Court
213(13)
6 Racial Discrimination v. Sexual Discrimination
226(4)
7 A Better Standard of Proof for Remedial Affirmative Action
230(11)
8 A Defense of Diversity Affirmative Action
241(10)
9 Objections to Affirmative Action
251(22)
10 Affirmative Action outside the United States
273(3)
Conclusion
276
SECTION THREE: REPLY TO JAMES P. STERBA
Carl Cohen
SECTION FOUR: REPLY TO CARL COHEN
James P. Sterba
SECTION FIVE: COMMENTS ON THE SUPREME COURT DECISION
Carl Cohen and James P. Sterba
Bibliography 365(6)
Index 371

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