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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790629903321

Autore

Lippert-Rasmussen Kasper <1964->

Titolo

Born free and equal? : a philosophical inquiry into the nature of discrimination / / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014

ISBN

0-19-935099-X

0-19-979616-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ()xii, 317 pages)

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Discrimination - Philosophy

Discrimination - Moral and ethical aspects

Equality - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; Introduction -- What is discrimination? -- Indirect discrimination -- Statistical discrimination -- Mental-state-based accounts -- Objective-meaning accounts -- Harm-based accounts -- Discrimination and the aim of proportional representation -- Discrimination in punishment -- Reaction qualifications -- Discrimination in the private sphere -- Racial profiling.

Sommario/riassunto

This text addresses these three issues: What is discrimination? What makes it wrong?; What should be done about wrongful discrimination? It argues that there are different concepts of discrimination; that discrimination is not always morally wrong and that when it is, it is so primarily because of its harmful effects.