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Affirmative action: does it really counteract racism? Is it morally
justifiable? In her timely and tough-minded book, Gertrude Ezorsky
addresses these central issues in the ongoing controversy
surrounding affirmative action, and comes up with some convincing
answers. Ezorsky begins by examining the effectiveness of
affirmative action as a remedy for institutional racism in the
workplace. She analyzes the ways in which common
practices-selection of employees based on personal connections,
qualification, and seniority standards-perpetuate the injurious
effect of past racial discrimination, and she assesses the
rationale for such affirmative action measures as objective
job-related testing, numerical goals, and preferential treatment
for basically qualified blacks. To illuminate the social reality in
which affirmative action takes place, she draws on recent work by
social scientists and legal scholars. Turning to the moral issues,
Ezorsky posits two basic justifications for affirmative action:
first, looking backward-to provide deserved compensation for past
racial injustice that was sanctioned, practiced, and encouraged by
our government; second, looking forward-to promote racial
desegregation in the American workplace. Unlike some supporters of
affirmative action, she does not deny that preferential treatment
may place an unfair burden on white males. Indeed, she suggests
specific practical measures for spreading that burden more
equitably. Clear-headed, well-reasoned, and persuasive, this book
will be read eagerly by everyone from students to legislators, by
anyone concerned with racial justice in America.
Are workers in the United States free? Gertrude Ezorsky traces the
severe limits placed on their freedom by illegal coercion against
organizing unions and by low wage offers barely enough to feed
their families that workers are pressured to accept. Older, sick
workers are forced to stay in exhausting jobs to be eligible for
pensions. Ezorsky shows that the notions of freedom held by most
contemporary social scientists and philosophers are far too limited
to account for the reality of the workplace, where a lack of
freedom abounds. Students preparing to enter the workplace will be
informed of that reality by reading this valuable book. In addition
to her philosophical investigations Ezorsky provides valuable
information on the specifics of labor relations, including
employment at will; the NLRA and NLRB; OSHA; outsourcing; and the
distinctions among closed, union, and agency shops. Readers
interested in moral philosophy, applied ethics, and labor relations
will find Ezorsky's arguments clear, forceful, and compelling."
Are workers in the United States free? Gertrude Ezorsky traces the
severe limits placed on their freedom by illegal coercion against
organizing unions and by low wage offers barely enough to feed
their families that workers are pressured to accept. Older, sick
workers are forced to stay in exhausting jobs to be eligible for
pensions. Ezorsky shows that the notions of freedom held by most
contemporary social scientists and philosophers are far too limited
to account for the reality of the workplace, where a lack of
freedom abounds. Students preparing to enter the workplace will be
informed of that reality by reading this valuable book. In addition
to her philosophical investigations Ezorsky provides valuable
information on the specifics of labor relations, including
employment at will; the NLRA and NLRB; OSHA; outsourcing; and the
distinctions among closed, union, and agency shops. Readers
interested in moral philosophy, applied ethics, and labor relations
will find Ezorsky's arguments clear, forceful, and compelling."
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