Affirmative Action and Racial Preference: A Debate

Table of contents

• Affirmative Action and Racial Preference *
• Title Page *
• Contents v
• Preface One ix
• Preface Two xi
• Cases xiii
• Section One - Why Race Preference is Wrong and Bad 1
• Prologue - Wrongness and Badness 3
• Part I - Equality and Race Preference 5
• 1 - Equality as a Moral Ideal 7
• 2 - Affirmative Action 12
• 3 - Race Preference: the Transformation of Affirmative Action 15
• Part II - Why Race Preference is Wrong 21
• 4 - Race Preference is Morally Wrong 23
• 5 - Race Preference is Against the Law 46
• 6 - Race Preference Violates the Constitution 72
• Part III - Why Race Preference is Bad 107
• 7 - Race Preference is Bad for the Minorities Preferred 109
• 8 - Race Preference is Bad for the Universities That Give Preference 130
• 9 - Race Preference is Bad for Society as a Whole 164
• Epilogue - The Future of Race Preference 181
• Section Two - Defending Affirmative Action, Defending Preferences 189
• 1 - A Legal History of Affirmative Action in the United States 191
• 2 - A Definition of Affirmative Action 199
• 3 - A Defense of Outreach Affirmative Action 204
• 4 - A Defense of Remedial Affirmative Action 206
• 5 - Remedial Affirmative Action and the U.S. Supreme Court 213
• 6 - Racial Discrimination V. Sexual Discrimination 226
• 7 - A Better Standard of Proof for Remedial Affirmative Action 230
• 8 - A Defense of Diversity Affirmative Action 241
• 9 - Objections to Affirmative Action 251
• 10 - Affirmative Action Outside the United States 273
• 11 - Conclusion 276
• Section Three - Reply to James Sterba 279
• Section Four - Reply to Carl Cohen 305
• Section Five - Comments on the Supreme Court Decision 351
• Bibliography 365
• Index 371

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