Affirmative Action and Racial Preference: A Debate (Point/Counterpoint)

Sterba, James P.,Cohen, Carl

ISBN 10: 0195148959 / ISBN 13: 9780195148954

Published by Oxford University Press, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Affirmative Action and Racial Preference: A Debate (Point/Counterpoint)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195148959
• ISBN 13: 9780195148954
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Carl Cohen is a Professor of Philosophy at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. James P. Sterba is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.