Research Catalog

Title

Antidiscrimination law and social equality / Andrew Koppelman.

Author

Koppelman, Andrew

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, c1996.

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Description

x, 276 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

This important book addresses head-on the controversy over attempts to reshape society in the name of antidiscrimination. While most Americans understand that racism and similar ideologies are so destructive that the state should do what it can to eradicate them, this understanding conflicts with another widely held idea, that the shaping of citizens' beliefs is not a legitimate objective of a liberal state. Andrew Koppelman argues that the modern conception of antidiscrimination law as a project of cultural transformation is consistent with, and even demanded by, principles of liberty. He clarifies the moral principles that should guide a society in which some groups, such as blacks, women, and homosexuals, are unfairly stigmatized.

Subject

• Equality > United States
• Discrimination > Law and legislation > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Process-based theories -- Result-based theories -- Women -- Lesbians and gay men -- Social equality in liberal political theory -- Racist speech and pornography.

ISBN

0300064829 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95042471^

OCLC

33408252

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library