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Making Sense of Affirmative Action (Hardcover)
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Making Sense of Affirmative Action (Hardcover)
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Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen here poses the question: "Is affirmative
action morally (un)justifiable?" As a phrase that frequently
surfaces in major headlines, affirmative action is a highly
controversial and far-reaching issue, yet most of the recent
scholarly literature surrounding the topic tends to focus on
defending one side or another in a particular case of affirmative
action. Lippert-Rasmussen instead takes a wide-angle view,
addressing each of the prevailing contemporary arguments for and
against affirmative action. In his introduction, he proposes an
amended definition of affirmative action and considers what forms,
from quotas to outreach strategies, may fall under this revised
definition. He then analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of each
position, relative to each other, and applies recent discussions in
political philosophy to assess if and how each argument might
justify different conclusions given different cases or
philosophical frameworks. Each chapter investigates an argument for
or against affirmative action. The six arguments for it consist of
compensation, anti-discrimination, equality of opportunity, role
model, diversity, and integration. The five arguments against it
are reverse discrimination, stigma, mismatch, publicity, and merit.
Lippert-Rasmussen also expands the discussion to include
affirmative action for groups beyond the prototypical examples of
African Americans and women, and to consider health and minority
languages as possible criteria for inclusion in affirmative action
initiatives. Based on the comparative strength of
anti-discrimination and equality of opportunity arguments, Making
Sense of Affirmative Action ultimately makes a case in favor of
affirmative action; however, its originality lies in
Lippert-Rasmussen's careful exploration of moral justifiability as
a contextual evaluative measure and his insistence that complexity
and a comparative focus are inherent to this important issue.
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