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Autore: | Lippert-Rasmussen Kasper <1964-> |
Titolo: | Born free and equal? : a philosophical inquiry into the nature of discrimination / / Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource ()xii, 317 pages) |
Disciplina: | 305 |
Soggetto topico: | Discrimination - Philosophy |
Discrimination - Moral and ethical aspects | |
Equality - Philosophy | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Born free and equal |
ISBN: | 0-19-935099-X |
0-19-979616-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910790629903321 |
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