Affirmative Action and the University: A Philosophical Inquiry

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Introduction 1
• PART I 7
• 1 - In Defense of Affirmative Action 41
• 2 - Affirmative Action and the University: Faculty Appointment and Preferential Treatment 88
• 3 - Affirmative Action and Faculty Appointments 93
• PART II 123
• 4 - What Good Am I? 131
• 5 - Who "Counts" on Campus? 132
• 6 - Reflections on Affirmative Action in Academia 134
• 7 - The Injustice of Strong Affirmative Action 156
• 8 - Preferential Treatment Versus Purported Meritocratic Rights 164
• 9 - Faculties as Civil Societies: A Misleading Model for Affirmative Action 170
• 10 - Facing Facts and Responsibilities: The White Man's Burden and the Burden of Proof 174
• 11 - Affirmative Action: Relevant Knowledge and Relevant Ignorance 187
• 12 - Remarks on Affirmative Action 189
• 13 - Affirmative Action and the Multicultural Ideal 205
• 15 - Quotas by Any Name: Some Problems of Affirmative Action in Faculty Appointments 216
• 16 - Are Quotas Sometimes Justified? 217
• 17 - Proportional Representation of Women and Minorities 231
• 19 - Careers Open to Talent 260
• 20 - Some Sceptical Doubts 264
• 21 - Affirmative Action and Tenure Decisions 269
• 22 - Affirmative Action and the Awarding of Tenure 284
• 23 - The Case for Preferential Treatment 286
• 24 - Saying What We Think 291
• 25 - Comments on Compromise and Affirmative Action 295
• About the Authors 301
• Index 307

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