Justice and reverse discrimination /
Through careful consideration of the mutually plausible yet conflicting arguments on both sides of the issue, Alan Goldman attempts to derive a morally consistent position on the justice (or injustice) of reverse discrimination. From a philosophical framework that appeals to a contractual model of e...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1979.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9781400868605 1400868602 9781322886510 1322886512 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ; ONE INTRODUCTION; Initial Distinctions; Deductive Methodology; Application of the Method to Reverse Discrimination ; Inductive Methodology; TWO AWARDING POSITIONS BY COMPETENCE; The Rule for Awarding Desirable Positions; Rejection of Alternative Rules; Libertarian; Egalitarian; Qualifications; THREE COMPENSATION AND THE PAST; The Principle of Compensation; Groups or Individuals?; Group Desert; Administrative Efficiency; Group Liability; Strong or Weak Reverse Discrimination?; Levels of Discrimination and Compensation; FOUR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY AND THE FUTURE.
- Utility and RightsUtilities and Disutilities; Rights; Equality of Opportunity; The Principle of Equal Opportunity; Groups or Individuals?; Affirmative Action; History and Features; Goals and Quotas; A Final Comparison; FIVE CONCLUSION; NOTES; SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.