Affirmative action and racial preference : a debate / / Carl Cohen, James P. Sterba
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| Autore: |
Cohen Carl <1931->
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| Titolo: |
Affirmative action and racial preference : a debate / / Carl Cohen, James P. Sterba
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (411 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 342.73/087 |
| Soggetto topico: | Affirmative action programs - Law and legislation - United States |
| Altri autori: |
SterbaJames P
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-370) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Contents""; ""Preface One""; ""Preface Two""; ""Cases""; ""SECTION ONE: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS WRONG AND BAD""; ""Prologue: Wrongness and Badness""; ""PART I: EQUALITY AND RACE PREFERENCE""; ""1 Equality as a Moral Ideal""; ""2 Affirmative Action""; ""3 Race Preference: The Transformation of Affirmative Action""; ""PART II: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS WRONG""; ""4 Race Preference Is Morally Wrong""; ""5 Race Preference Is Against the Law""; ""6 Race Preference Violates the Constitution""; ""PART III: WHY RACE PREFERENCE IS BAD""; ""7 Race Preference Is Bad for the Minorities Preferred"" |
| ""8 Race Preference Is Bad for the Universities that Give Preference""""9 Race Preference Is Bad for Society as a Whole""; ""Epilogue: The Future of Race Preference""; ""SECTION TWO: DEFENDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, DEFENDING PREFERENCES""; ""1 A Legal History of Affirmative Action in the United States""; ""2 A Definition of Affirmative Action""; ""3 A Defense of Outreach Affirmative Action""; ""4 A Defense of Remedial Affirmative Action""; ""5 Remedial Affirmative Action and the U.S. Supreme Court""; ""6 Racial Discrimination v. Sexual Discrimination"" | |
| ""7 A Better Standard of Proof for Remedial Affirmative Action""""8 A Defense of Diversity Affirmative Action""; ""9 Objections to Affirmative Action""; ""10 Affirmative Action outside the United States""; ""Conclusion""; ""SECTION THREE: REPLY TO JAMES P. STERBA""; ""SECTION FOUR: REPLY TO CARL COHEN""; ""SECTION FIVE: COMMENTS ON THE SUPREME COURT DECISION""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. In this volume, two contemporary philosophers, in a lively debate, lay out the arguments on each side. Carl Cohen, a key figure in the University of Michigan Supreme Court cases, argues that racial preferences are morally wrong--forbidden by the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, and explicitly banned by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. James P. Sterba counters that, far from being banned by the Constitution and the civil rights acts, affirmative action is actually mandated by law in the pursuit of a society that is racially and sexually just. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Affirmative action and racial preference |
| ISBN: | 0-19-976949-4 |
| 1-281-34686-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826403003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Point/counterpoint series (Oxford, England)