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The affirmative action debate

Title
The affirmative action debate / edited by Steven M. Cahn.
Publication
New York : Routledge, 2002.

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Cahn, Steven M.
Description
xiv, 233 pages; 23 cm
Subject
Affirmative action programs > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Introduction / Steven M. Cahn -- 1. Discrimination and Morally Relevant Characteristics / James W. Nickel -- 2. Inverse Discrimination / J. L. Cowan -- 3. Reparations to Wronged Groups / Michael D. Bayles -- 4. Reverse Discrimination and Compensatory Justice / Paul W. Taylor -- 5. Reverse Discrimination / William A. Nunn III -- 6. Should Reparations Be to Individuals or to Groups? / James W. Nickel -- 7. Reparations to Individuals or Groups? / Alan H. Goldman -- 8. What's Wrong with Discrimination? / Paul Woodruff -- 9. Preferential Hiring / Judith Jarvis Thomson -- 10. Preferential Hiring: A Reply to Judith Jarvis Thomson / Robert Simon -- 11. Justifying Revere Discrimination in Employment / George Sher -- 12. Preferential Hiring and Compensation / Robert K. Fullinwider -- 13. Compensatory Justice: The Question of Costs / Robert Amdur -- 14. Who Are Equals? / Carl Cohen -- 15. Bakke's Case: Are Quotas Unfair? / Ronald Dworkin --
  • 16. What Did Bakke Really Decide? / Ronald Dworkin -- 17. Equality, Diversity, and Good Faith / Carl Cohen -- 18. In Defense of Affirmative Action / Barbara R. Bergmann -- 19. The Role Model Argument and Faculty Diversity / Anita L. Allen -- 20. Proportional Representation of Women and Minorities / Celia Wolf-Devine -- 21. The Meaning of "Merit" / William G. Bowen and Derek Bok -- 22. Does Your "Merit" Depend upon Your Race?: A Rejoinder to Bowen and Bok / Stephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernstrom -- 23. Diversity / George Sher -- 24. In Favor of Affirmative Action / Tom L. Beauchamp -- 25. Reverse Discrimination / Sidney Hook.
ISBN
  • 041593866X (HB)
  • 0415938678 (PB)
LCCN
2002072425
OCLC
  • ocm49959320
  • SCSB-4299735
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Columbia University Libraries