Affirmative action and racial preference : a debate / Carl Cohen, James P. Sterba.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-370) and index.

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Cohen and Sterba, two contemporary philosophers in sharp opposition, debate the value of affirmative action and racial preference. They defend thier views with analysis and commentay on landmark cases - including the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the University of Michigan admissions cases, Gratz and Grutter.

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.

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